diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
index db32ef8c9..3324b9c60 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_firstpass.c
@@ -981,8 +981,6 @@ void vp9_init_second_pass(VP9_COMP *cpi) {
                                    oxcf->target_bandwidth / 10000000.0);
   }
 
-  cpi->output_framerate = oxcf->framerate;
-
   // Calculate a minimum intra value to be used in determining the IIratio
   // scores used in the second pass. We have this minimum to make sure
   // that clips that are static but "low complexity" in the intra domain
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
index 4be6d6ce5..871d057c1 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_if.c
@@ -633,9 +633,8 @@ void vp9_new_framerate(VP9_COMP *cpi, double framerate) {
   int vbr_max_bits;
 
   oxcf->framerate = framerate < 0.1 ? 30 : framerate;
-  cpi->output_framerate = cpi->oxcf.framerate;
   rc->av_per_frame_bandwidth = (int)(oxcf->target_bandwidth /
-                                     cpi->output_framerate);
+                                   oxcf->framerate);
   rc->min_frame_bandwidth = (int)(rc->av_per_frame_bandwidth *
                                   oxcf->two_pass_vbrmin_section / 100);
 
diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
index 18203f96a..126711e02 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_onyx_int.h
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ typedef struct VP9_COMP {
   int active_arnr_frames;           // <= cpi->oxcf.arnr_max_frames
   int active_arnr_strength;         // <= cpi->oxcf.arnr_max_strength
 
-  double output_framerate;
   int64_t last_time_stamp_seen;
   int64_t last_end_time_stamp_seen;
   int64_t first_time_stamp_ever;