diff --git a/ILSpy/SearchStrategies.cs b/ILSpy/SearchStrategies.cs
index 1a560a37d..307eff93d 100644
--- a/ILSpy/SearchStrategies.cs
+++ b/ILSpy/SearchStrategies.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.ILSpy
 {
 	abstract class AbstractSearchStrategy
 	{
-		private const string NoncontiguousSearchPrefix = "s:";
-
 		protected string[] searchTerm;
 		protected Regex regex;
 		protected bool fullNameSearch;