diff --git a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/SemanticContext.java b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/SemanticContext.java
index 4c3613773..62376271a 100644
--- a/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/SemanticContext.java
+++ b/runtime/Java/src/org/antlr/v4/runtime/atn/SemanticContext.java
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ public abstract class SemanticContext {
 	 */
     public static final SemanticContext NONE = new Predicate();
 
-	public SemanticContext parent;
-
 	/**
 	 * For context independent predicates, we evaluate them without a local
 	 * context (i.e., null context). That way, we can evaluate them without