diff --git a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
index fc1426ebbc..473cf3035c 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/assignment-client/src/voxels/VoxelScriptingInterface.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <JurisdictionListener.h>
 #include <VoxelEditPacketSender.h>
-#include <VoxelTree.h>
 
 /// handles scripting of voxel commands from JS passed to assigned clients
 class VoxelScriptingInterface : public QObject {
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ public:
     
     VoxelEditPacketSender* getVoxelPacketSender() { return &_voxelPacketSender; }
     JurisdictionListener* getJurisdictionListener() { return &_jurisdictionListener; }
-    VoxelTree* getVoxelTree() { return &_voxelTree; }
 public slots:
     /// queues the creation of a voxel which will be sent by calling process on the PacketSender
     /// \param x the x-coordinate of the voxel (in VS space)
@@ -107,7 +105,6 @@ private:
     /// attached VoxelEditPacketSender that handles queuing and sending of packets to VS
     VoxelEditPacketSender _voxelPacketSender;
     JurisdictionListener _jurisdictionListener;
-    VoxelTree _voxelTree;
     
     void queueVoxelAdd(PACKET_TYPE addPacketType, VoxelDetail& addVoxelDetails);
 };