diff --git a/sbin/pfctl/parse.y b/sbin/pfctl/parse.y
index 89d5f330da47..4be7bd16649a 100644
--- a/sbin/pfctl/parse.y
+++ b/sbin/pfctl/parse.y
@@ -858,7 +858,6 @@ pfa_anchor	: '{'
 			/* steping into a brace anchor */
 			pf->asd++;
 			pf->bn++;
-			pf->brace = 1;
 
 			/* create a holding ruleset in the root */
 			snprintf(ta, PF_ANCHOR_NAME_SIZE, "_%d", pf->bn);
diff --git a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.h b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.h
index 484830c61791..4e144b97567b 100644
--- a/sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.h
+++ b/sbin/pfctl/pfctl_parser.h
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ struct pfctl {
 	int loadopt;
 	int asd;			/* anchor stack depth */
 	int bn;				/* brace number */
-	int brace;
 	int tdirty;			/* kernel dirty */
 #define PFCTL_ANCHOR_STACK_DEPTH 64
 	struct pfctl_anchor *astack[PFCTL_ANCHOR_STACK_DEPTH];