diff --git a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.cpp b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.cpp
index a9fe62cf1..e9d64b283 100644
--- a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.cpp
+++ b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ DiscreteKeys CollectDiscreteKeys(const DiscreteKeys &key1,
 HybridFactor::HybridFactor(const KeyVector &keys)
     : Base(keys),
       isContinuous_(true),
-      nrContinuous_(keys.size()),
       continuousKeys_(keys) {}
 
 /* ************************************************************************ */
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ HybridFactor::HybridFactor(const KeyVector &continuousKeys,
       isDiscrete_((continuousKeys.size() == 0) && (discreteKeys.size() != 0)),
       isContinuous_((continuousKeys.size() != 0) && (discreteKeys.size() == 0)),
       isHybrid_((continuousKeys.size() != 0) && (discreteKeys.size() != 0)),
-      nrContinuous_(continuousKeys.size()),
       discreteKeys_(discreteKeys),
       continuousKeys_(continuousKeys) {}
 
diff --git a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.h b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.h
index b3cdc231b..165dfde29 100644
--- a/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.h
+++ b/gtsam/hybrid/HybridFactor.h
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ class GTSAM_EXPORT HybridFactor : public Factor {
   bool isContinuous_ = false;
   bool isHybrid_ = false;
 
-  // TODO(Varun) remove
-  size_t nrContinuous_ = 0;
-
  protected:
   // Set of DiscreteKeys for this factor.
   DiscreteKeys discreteKeys_;