diff --git a/plugins/store-smb/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SmbDirectoryWrapper.java b/plugins/store-smb/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SmbDirectoryWrapper.java
index 1e783fdd6c53..6cd3d2441af5 100644
--- a/plugins/store-smb/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SmbDirectoryWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/store-smb/src/main/java/org/apache/lucene/store/SmbDirectoryWrapper.java
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ public final class SmbDirectoryWrapper extends FilterDirectory {
          */
         static final int CHUNK_SIZE = 8192;
 
-        private final String name;
-
         public SmbFSIndexOutput(String name) throws IOException {
             super("SmbFSIndexOutput(path=\"" + fsDirectory.getDirectory().resolve(name) + "\")", new FilterOutputStream(Channels.newOutputStream(Files.newByteChannel(fsDirectory.getDirectory().resolve(name), StandardOpenOption.CREATE, StandardOpenOption.TRUNCATE_EXISTING, StandardOpenOption.READ, StandardOpenOption.WRITE))) {
                 // This implementation ensures, that we never write more than CHUNK_SIZE bytes:
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ public final class SmbDirectoryWrapper extends FilterDirectory {
                     }
                 }
             }, CHUNK_SIZE);
-            this.name = name;
         }
     }
 }