diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/HitCircles/Components/HitCircleOverlapMarker.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/HitCircles/Components/HitCircleOverlapMarker.cs
index b9d0d37d02..ad4be2017e 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/HitCircles/Components/HitCircleOverlapMarker.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Edit/Blueprints/HitCircles/Components/HitCircleOverlapMarker.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public class HitCircleOverlapMarker : BlueprintPiece<HitCircle>
         /// </summary>
         public const double FADE_OUT_EXTENSION = 700;
 
-        private readonly Circle circle;
         private readonly RingPiece ring;
 
         [Resolved]
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ public HitCircleOverlapMarker()
 
             InternalChildren = new Drawable[]
             {
-                circle = new Circle
+                new Circle
                 {
                     Anchor = Anchor.Centre,
                     Origin = Anchor.Centre,