diff --git a/hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/resource_manager.hpp b/hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/resource_manager.hpp
index 146b903f46..6bde1ca5d6 100644
--- a/hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/resource_manager.hpp
+++ b/hardware_interface/include/hardware_interface/resource_manager.hpp
@@ -418,8 +418,6 @@ class HARDWARE_INTERFACE_PUBLIC ResourceManager
 
   // Structure to store read and write status so it is not initialized in the real-time loop
   HardwareReadWriteStatus read_write_status;
-
-  bool is_urdf_loaded__ = false;
 };
 
 }  // namespace hardware_interface
diff --git a/hardware_interface/src/resource_manager.cpp b/hardware_interface/src/resource_manager.cpp
index 469c576f5d..bca0617d8f 100644
--- a/hardware_interface/src/resource_manager.cpp
+++ b/hardware_interface/src/resource_manager.cpp
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ ResourceManager::ResourceManager(
 // CM API: Called in "callback/slow"-thread
 void ResourceManager::load_urdf(const std::string & urdf, bool validate_interfaces)
 {
-  is_urdf_loaded__ = true;
   const std::string system_type = "system";
   const std::string sensor_type = "sensor";
   const std::string actuator_type = "actuator";