diff --git a/lib/src/H5Writer.cpp b/lib/src/H5Writer.cpp
index 63f6726..0d879af 100644
--- a/lib/src/H5Writer.cpp
+++ b/lib/src/H5Writer.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<H5Writer> get_h5_writer(const string& filename, hsize_t total_fr
     if (filename == "/dev/null") {
         return unique_ptr<H5Writer>(new DummyH5Writer());
     } else {
-        return unique_ptr<H5Writer>(new H5Writer(filename, total_frames, frames_per_file, initial_dataset_size, dataset_increase_step));
+        return unique_ptr<H5Writer>(new H5Writer(filename, frames_per_file, initial_dataset_size, dataset_increase_step));
     }
 }
 
-H5Writer::H5Writer(const std::string& filename, hsize_t total_frames, hsize_t frames_per_file, hsize_t initial_dataset_size, 
+H5Writer::H5Writer(const std::string& filename, hsize_t frames_per_file, hsize_t initial_dataset_size, 
     hsize_t dataset_increase_step) :
         filename(filename), total_frames(total_frames), frames_per_file(frames_per_file), 
         initial_dataset_size(initial_dataset_size), dataset_increase_step(dataset_increase_step)
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ H5Writer::H5Writer(const std::string& filename, hsize_t total_frames, hsize_t fr
         cout << "[" << std::chrono::system_clock::now() << "]";
         cout << "[H5Writer::H5Writer] Creating chunked writer"; 
         cout << " with filename " << filename;
-        cout << " and total_frames " << total_frames;
         cout << " and frames_per_file " << frames_per_file;
         cout << " and initial_dataset_size " << initial_dataset_size;
         cout << endl;
diff --git a/lib/src/H5Writer.hpp b/lib/src/H5Writer.hpp
index 563c79c..654b8b9 100644
--- a/lib/src/H5Writer.hpp
+++ b/lib/src/H5Writer.hpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class H5Writer
 {
     // Initialized in constructor.
     const std::string filename;
-    hsize_t total_frames;
     hsize_t frames_per_file;
     hsize_t initial_dataset_size;
     hsize_t dataset_increase_step = 0;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ class H5Writer
         const std::string& data_type, const std::string& endianness);
 
     public:
-        H5Writer(const std::string& filename, hsize_t total_frames, hsize_t frames_per_file=0, hsize_t initial_dataset_size=1000, hsize_t dataset_increase_step=1000);
+        H5Writer(const std::string& filename hsize_t frames_per_file=0, hsize_t initial_dataset_size=1000, hsize_t dataset_increase_step=1000);
         virtual ~H5Writer();
         virtual bool is_file_open() const;
         virtual void close_file();