diff --git a/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs b/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs
index 8bf9189d82ed212972b3acfc4bf5aeecf3352fbe..49699c17ab73e742f3c3872b2ef131cb7db7885c 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/component/component_context.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ pub struct Port {
     // State tracking for error detection and error handling
     pub last_registered_round: Option<u32>,
     pub last_instruction: PortInstruction, // used during sync round to detect port-closed-during-sync errors
-    pub received_message_for_sync: bool, // used during sync round to detect port-closed-before-sync errors
     pub close_at_sync_end: bool, // set during sync round when receiving a port-closed-after-sync message
     pub(crate) associated_with_peer: bool,
 }
@@ -185,7 +184,6 @@ impl CompCtx {
             last_registered_round: None,
             last_instruction: PortInstruction::None,
             close_at_sync_end: false,
-            received_message_for_sync: false,
             associated_with_peer: false,
         });
         self.ports.push(Port{
@@ -197,7 +195,6 @@ impl CompCtx {
             last_registered_round: None,
             last_instruction: PortInstruction::None,
             close_at_sync_end: false,
-            received_message_for_sync: false,
             associated_with_peer: false,
         });
 
@@ -212,7 +209,6 @@ impl CompCtx {
             last_registered_round: None,
             last_instruction: PortInstruction::None,
             close_at_sync_end: false,
-            received_message_for_sync: false,
             associated_with_peer: false,
         });
         return LocalPortHandle(self_id);