diff --git a/src/space.c b/src/space.c
index e0cb1501d3307bd56345bcbfc0d2d97426ec33c9..d930bcdcabada454c86719b66eb029f4e231d6b3 100644
--- a/src/space.c
+++ b/src/space.c
@@ -4434,7 +4434,6 @@ void space_struct_restore(struct space *s, FILE *stream) {
   s->local_cells_with_tasks_top = NULL;
   s->cells_with_particles_top = NULL;
   s->local_cells_with_particles_top = NULL;
-  s->grav_top_level = NULL;
   s->nr_local_cells_with_tasks = 0;
   s->nr_cells_with_particles = 0;
 #ifdef WITH_MPI
diff --git a/src/space.h b/src/space.h
index 84e71c9b55810d1075191df6132db09e2a0c8796..f3e058e684561bed411af2b7fb63bf2810b7a176 100644
--- a/src/space.h
+++ b/src/space.h
@@ -207,9 +207,6 @@ struct space {
   /*! The s-particle data (cells have pointers to this). */
   struct spart *sparts;
 
-  /*! The top-level FFT task */
-  struct task *grav_top_level;
-
   /*! Minimal mass of all the #part */
   float min_part_mass;