diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.cpp b/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.cpp
index 06d517efc..caf4576fa 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.cpp
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 #include "StrUtil.h"
 #include "PendingOperation.h"
 
-Tor::TorControl *torControl = 0;
-
 class nullstream: public std::ostream {};
 
 static std::ostream& torctrldebug()
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.h b/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.h
index b15c4e047..568a1aaf2 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.h
+++ b/libretroshare/src/tor/TorControl.h
@@ -149,5 +149,3 @@ private:
 };
 
 }
-
-extern Tor::TorControl *torControl;