diff --git a/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp b/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp
index 5671e831..54b119b0 100644
--- a/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp
+++ b/src/catch2/catch_session.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ namespace Catch {
             // Note that on unices only the lower 8 bits are usually used, clamping
             // the return value to 255 prevents false negative when some multiple
             // of 256 tests has failed
-            return (std::min) (MaxExitCode, (std::max) (totals.error, static_cast<int>(totals.assertions.failed)));
+            return (std::min) (MaxExitCode, static_cast<int>(totals.assertions.failed));
         }
 #if !defined(CATCH_CONFIG_DISABLE_EXCEPTIONS)
         catch( std::exception& ex ) {
diff --git a/src/catch2/catch_totals.hpp b/src/catch2/catch_totals.hpp
index a062319c..7ab6a1b6 100644
--- a/src/catch2/catch_totals.hpp
+++ b/src/catch2/catch_totals.hpp
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ namespace Catch {
 
         Totals delta( Totals const& prevTotals ) const;
 
-        int error = 0;
         Counts assertions;
         Counts testCases;
     };