diff --git a/src/main/java/io/socket/utf8/UTF8Exception.java b/src/main/java/io/socket/utf8/UTF8Exception.java
index b46badf..077da0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/socket/utf8/UTF8Exception.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/socket/utf8/UTF8Exception.java
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 
 public class UTF8Exception extends IOException {
 
-    public String data;
-
     public UTF8Exception() {
         super();
     }