diff --git a/service-worker.js b/service-worker.js
index 293cf00..0e3c82c 100644
--- a/service-worker.js
+++ b/service-worker.js
@@ -888,7 +888,6 @@ let LibResilientResourceInfo = class {
             state: null,                    // can be "failed", "success", "running"
             serviceWorker: 'COMMIT_UNKNOWN' // this will be replaced by commit sha in CI/CD; read-only
         }
-        this.client = null;
         
         // queued messages for when we have a client available
         this.messageQueue = []