diff --git a/webclient/http1/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/http1/Http1CallChainBase.java b/webclient/http1/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/http1/Http1CallChainBase.java
index efc20d457d2..3f616060f3d 100644
--- a/webclient/http1/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/http1/Http1CallChainBase.java
+++ b/webclient/http1/src/main/java/io/helidon/webclient/http1/Http1CallChainBase.java
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ private ClientConnection obtainConnection(WebClientServiceRequest request, Durat
 
     static class ContentLengthInputStream extends InputStream {
         private final DataReader reader;
-        private final long length;
         private final Runnable entityProcessedRunnable;
         private final HelidonSocket socket;
 
@@ -319,7 +318,6 @@ static class ContentLengthInputStream extends InputStream {
                                  long length) {
             this.socket = socket;
             this.reader = reader;
-            this.length = length;
             this.remainingLength = length;
             // we can only get the response at the time of completion, as the instance is created after this constructor
             // returns