diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
index 8965a51c5d26f8ae..46d56a5d18dc3687 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ int ImgUDevice::init(MediaDevice *media, unsigned int index)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	index_ = index;
-	name_ = "ipu3-imgu " + std::to_string(index_);
+	name_ = "ipu3-imgu " + std::to_string(index);
 	media_ = media;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
index 9bb1b88e2ca8ea2d..ad5aabf134e2099d 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/imgu.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ public:
 		      bool enable);
 	int enableLinks(bool enable);
 
-	unsigned int index_;
 	std::string name_;
 	MediaDevice *media_;