diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 2dc35d8c8..00b43cf9f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ RenderingManager::RenderingManager (OEngine::Render::OgreRenderer& _rend, const
     mMwRoot->pitch(Degree(-90));
     mObjects.setMwRoot(mMwRoot);
     mActors.setMwRoot(mMwRoot);
-        
-    //used to obtain ingame information of ogre objects (which are faced or selected)
-    mRaySceneQuery = mRendering.getScene()->createRayQuery(Ray());
 
     Ogre::SceneNode *playerNode = mMwRoot->createChildSceneNode ("player");
     playerNode->pitch(Degree(90));
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
index 569447bca..edbc9aff2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.hpp
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ class RenderingManager: private RenderingInterface {
     /// that the OGRE coordinate system matches that used internally in
     /// Morrowind.
     Ogre::SceneNode *mMwRoot;
-    Ogre::RaySceneQuery *mRaySceneQuery;
 
     OEngine::Physic::PhysicEngine* mPhysicsEngine;