1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/handle.c b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
index 8872ed0a..d4ebe82a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/handle.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/handle.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ pmhandle_t *_alpm_handle_new()
 	ALPM_LOG_FUNC;
 
 	CALLOC(handle, 1, sizeof(pmhandle_t), RET_ERR(PM_ERR_MEMORY, NULL));
-	handle->lckfd = -1;
 
 	return(handle);
 }