diff --git a/src/txmempool.h b/src/txmempool.h
index 1fc94c6db70..c305d5d448a 100644
--- a/src/txmempool.h
+++ b/src/txmempool.h
@@ -281,9 +281,6 @@ public:
     std::vector<CTxMemPoolEntry::CTxMemPoolEntryRef> GetParents(const CTxMemPoolEntry &entry) const;
 
 private:
-    typedef std::map<txiter, setEntries, CompareIteratorByHash> cacheMap;
-
-
     std::vector<indexed_transaction_set::const_iterator> GetSortedScoreWithTopology() const EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(cs);
 
     /**