diff --git a/src/main/java/bdv/img/hdf5/Hdf5ImageLoader.java b/src/main/java/bdv/img/hdf5/Hdf5ImageLoader.java
index 1b6e87a1390a00635aa649d27631159ff55547d2..9aa422fbab8a617a06899227c85ff23039bac244 100644
--- a/src/main/java/bdv/img/hdf5/Hdf5ImageLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/bdv/img/hdf5/Hdf5ImageLoader.java
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ public class Hdf5ImageLoader implements ViewerImgLoader< UnsignedShortType, Vola
 	 */
 	protected Boolean[] cachedExistence;
 
-	protected final boolean isCoarsestLevelBlocking = true;
-
 	public Hdf5ImageLoader()
 	{
 		this( null );