diff --git a/widget/windows/nsDragService.cpp b/widget/windows/nsDragService.cpp
index c8b364ed52c7..efe8ce103354 100644
--- a/widget/windows/nsDragService.cpp
+++ b/widget/windows/nsDragService.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 //
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 nsDragService::nsDragService()
-  : mNativeDragTarget(nsnull), mDataObject(nsnull), mSentLocalDropEvent(false)
+  : mDataObject(nsnull), mSentLocalDropEvent(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ nsDragService::nsDragService()
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 nsDragService::~nsDragService()
 {
-  NS_IF_RELEASE(mNativeDragTarget);
   NS_IF_RELEASE(mDataObject);
 }
 
diff --git a/widget/windows/nsDragService.h b/widget/windows/nsDragService.h
index 5bbe13590f76..93b548039b05 100644
--- a/widget/windows/nsDragService.h
+++ b/widget/windows/nsDragService.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ protected:
                          nsIScriptableRegion *aRegion,
                          SHDRAGIMAGE *psdi);
 
-  nsNativeDragTarget * mNativeDragTarget;
   IDataObject * mDataObject;
   bool mSentLocalDropEvent;
 };