diff --git a/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.cpp b/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.cpp
index 9e6d0926..84bc23b4 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.cpp
+++ b/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.cpp
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 using namespace std;
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-WiFiClient::WiFiClient() : _sock(-1), destroy_at_distructor(true), rx_buffer(nullptr) {
+WiFiClient::WiFiClient() : _sock(-1), rx_buffer(nullptr) {
    rx_buffer = std::shared_ptr<FifoBuffer<uint8_t,RX_BUFFER_DIM>>(new FifoBuffer<uint8_t,RX_BUFFER_DIM>());
 }
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-WiFiClient::WiFiClient(int s) : _sock(s), destroy_at_distructor(false), rx_buffer(nullptr) {
+WiFiClient::WiFiClient(int s) : _sock(s), rx_buffer(nullptr) {
    rx_buffer = std::shared_ptr<FifoBuffer<uint8_t,RX_BUFFER_DIM>>(new FifoBuffer<uint8_t,RX_BUFFER_DIM>());
 }
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.h b/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.h
index 63b019c3..e670b594 100644
--- a/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.h
+++ b/libraries/WiFiS3/src/WiFiClient.h
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ class WiFiClient : public Client {
 
 protected:
   int _sock;
-  bool destroy_at_distructor;
   int _connectionTimeout = 0;
   void getSocket();
   static constexpr uint32_t RX_BUFFER_DIM = 1024;