diff --git a/broker/JFJochStateMachine.cpp b/broker/JFJochStateMachine.cpp
index 018904ceb..cc493866a 100644
--- a/broker/JFJochStateMachine.cpp
+++ b/broker/JFJochStateMachine.cpp
@@ -22,13 +22,6 @@ JFJochStateMachine::JFJochStateMachine(const DiffractionExperiment& in_experimen
           pixel_mask_statistics({0, 0, 0}),
           gpu_count(get_gpu_count()) {
 
-#ifndef JFJOCH_USE_FFTW
-    indexing_possible = (get_gpu_count() > 0);
-    if (!indexing_possible)
-        data_processing_settings.indexing = false;
-#else
-    data_processing_settings.indexing = true;
-#endif
     SuppressTIFFErrors();
 }
 
diff --git a/broker/JFJochStateMachine.h b/broker/JFJochStateMachine.h
index 6ebea0938..3295af397 100644
--- a/broker/JFJochStateMachine.h
+++ b/broker/JFJochStateMachine.h
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ class JFJochStateMachine {
     mutable std::mutex roi_mutex;
     ROIDefinition roi;
 
-    bool indexing_possible;
-
     const int32_t gpu_count;
 
     void UpdatePixelMaskStatistics(const PixelMaskStatistics &input);