diff --git a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
index a50373444b..3b75ee9ee6 100644
--- a/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
+++ b/modules/ts/include/opencv2/ts/ts_perf.hpp
@@ -346,11 +346,6 @@ private:
     friend class _declareHelper;
     friend class Regression;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_TBB
-    cv::Ptr<tbb::task_scheduler_init> p_tbb_initializer;
-#else
-    cv::Ptr<int> fixme;
-#endif
     bool verified;
 
 public:
diff --git a/modules/ts/src/ts_perf.cpp b/modules/ts/src/ts_perf.cpp
index 25bd1c538a..ee4783228d 100644
--- a/modules/ts/src/ts_perf.cpp
+++ b/modules/ts/src/ts_perf.cpp
@@ -1088,9 +1088,6 @@ void TestBase::TearDown()
         if (type_param)  printf("[ TYPE     ] \t%s\n", type_param), fflush(stdout);
         reportMetrics(true);
     }
-#ifdef HAVE_TBB
-    p_tbb_initializer.release();
-#endif
 }
 
 std::string TestBase::getDataPath(const std::string& relativePath)