diff --git a/src/Variant.cpp b/src/Variant.cpp
index 3862aa58f..55d9885d5 100644
--- a/src/Variant.cpp
+++ b/src/Variant.cpp
@@ -108,8 +108,7 @@ Variant::Variant (const Variant& other)
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 Variant::Variant (const bool value)
-: _type (Variant::type_boolean)
-, _bool (value)
+: _bool (value)
 {
 }