diff --git a/code/PlyExporter.cpp b/code/PlyExporter.cpp
index 0a4c94a48..12e59f2b6 100644
--- a/code/PlyExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/PlyExporter.cpp
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #if !defined(ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_EXPORT) && !defined(ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_PLY_EXPORTER)
 
 #include "PlyExporter.h"
-#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include <cmath>
-#include "Exceptional.h"
-#include "../include/assimp/scene.h"
-#include "../include/assimp/version.h"
-#include "../include/assimp/IOSystem.hpp"
+#include "Exceptional.h"
+#include "../include/assimp/scene.h"
+#include "../include/assimp/version.h"
+#include "../include/assimp/IOSystem.hpp"
 #include "../include/assimp/Exporter.hpp"
-#include "qnan.h"
+#include "qnan.h"
 
 
 using namespace Assimp;
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ void ExportScenePlyBinary(const char* pFile, IOSystem* pIOSystem, const aiScene*
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PlyExporter::PlyExporter(const char* _filename, const aiScene* pScene, bool binary)
 : filename(_filename)
-, pScene(pScene)
-, endl("\n") 
+, endl("\n")
 {
 	// make sure that all formatting happens using the standard, C locale and not the user's current locale
 	const std::locale& l = std::locale("C");
diff --git a/code/PlyExporter.h b/code/PlyExporter.h
index ec20903d7..64649d7cc 100644
--- a/code/PlyExporter.h
+++ b/code/PlyExporter.h
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ private:
 private:
 
 	const std::string filename;
-	const aiScene* const pScene;
 
 	// obviously, this endl() doesn't flush() the stream 
 	const std::string endl;