diff --git a/backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.cc b/backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.cc
index e4a000627..3b0c2827d 100644
--- a/backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.cc
+++ b/backends/cxxrtl/cxxrtl_backend.cc
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ struct CxxrtlWorker {
 				fmt.emit_cxxrtl(f, indent, [this](const RTLIL::SigSpec &sig) { dump_sigspec_rhs(sig); });
 			dec_indent();
 			f << indent << "};\n";
-			f << indent << print_output << " << formatter(steps, steps);\n";
+			f << indent << print_output << " << formatter(0, 0.0);\n";
 		dec_indent();
 		f << indent << "}\n";
 	}
diff --git a/backends/cxxrtl/runtime/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.h b/backends/cxxrtl/runtime/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.h
index 654f13b4a..7d6a75d4a 100644
--- a/backends/cxxrtl/runtime/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.h
+++ b/backends/cxxrtl/runtime/cxxrtl/cxxrtl.h
@@ -1331,10 +1331,7 @@ struct module {
 	virtual bool eval() = 0;
 	virtual bool commit() = 0;
 
-	unsigned int steps = 0;
-
 	size_t step() {
-		++steps;
 		size_t deltas = 0;
 		bool converged = false;
 		do {