diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/dynamodbv2/datamodeling/AttributeEncryptor.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/dynamodbv2/datamodeling/AttributeEncryptor.java
index 169d084b..363885c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/dynamodbv2/datamodeling/AttributeEncryptor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/dynamodbv2/datamodeling/AttributeEncryptor.java
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
  * @author Greg Rubin 
  */
 public class AttributeEncryptor implements AttributeTransformer {
-    private static final DynamoDBReflector reflector = new DynamoDBReflector();
     private final DynamoDBEncryptor encryptor;
     private final Map<Class<?>, ModelClassMetadata> metadataCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();