diff --git a/dbus/dbuspassive.cpp b/dbus/dbuspassive.cpp
index ea47122..a90f5ea 100644
--- a/dbus/dbuspassive.cpp
+++ b/dbus/dbuspassive.cpp
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
     const std::string& path,
     const std::shared_ptr<DbusPassiveRedundancy>& redundancy) :
     ReadInterface(),
-    _bus(bus), _signal(bus, getMatch(type, id).c_str(), dbusHandleSignal, this),
-    _id(id), _helper(std::move(helper)), _failed(failed), path(path),
+    _signal(bus, getMatch(type, id).c_str(), dbusHandleSignal, this), _id(id),
+    _helper(std::move(helper)), _failed(failed), path(path),
     redundancy(redundancy)
 
 {
diff --git a/dbus/dbuspassive.hpp b/dbus/dbuspassive.hpp
index fa0c5da..57ba04b 100644
--- a/dbus/dbuspassive.hpp
+++ b/dbus/dbuspassive.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     double getMin(void);
 
   private:
-    sdbusplus::bus::bus& _bus;
     sdbusplus::server::match::match _signal;
     int64_t _scale;
     std::string _id; // for debug identification