diff --git a/lib/lrama/grammar.rb b/lib/lrama/grammar.rb
index 9478977f..3724f828 100644
--- a/lib/lrama/grammar.rb
+++ b/lib/lrama/grammar.rb
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ def initialize(rule_counter)
       @aux = Auxiliary.new
       @no_stdlib = false
       @locations = false
-      @if_count = 0
 
       append_special_symbols
     end