diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala
index 7a66f415a71a..fe4f72eb0a19 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/ast/Desugar.scala
@@ -658,8 +658,6 @@ object desugar {
     flatTree(cdef1 :: companions ::: implicitWrappers)
   }
 
-  val AccessOrSynthetic: FlagSet = AccessFlags | Synthetic
-
   /** Expand
    *
    *    object name extends parents { self => body }