diff --git a/common/rfb/SConnection.cxx b/common/rfb/SConnection.cxx
index 99a4850..9bff4cd 100644
--- a/common/rfb/SConnection.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/SConnection.cxx
@@ -48,11 +48,10 @@
 const SConnection::AccessRights SConnection::AccessFull           = 0xffff;
 
 
-SConnection::SConnection(bool reverseConnection_)
+SConnection::SConnection()
   : readyForSetColourMapEntries(false),
     is(0), os(0), reader_(0), writer_(0),
     security(0), ssecurity(0), state_(RFBSTATE_UNINITIALISED),
-    reverseConnection(reverseConnection_),
     preferredEncoding(encodingRaw)
 {
   defaultMajorVersion = 3;
diff --git a/common/rfb/SConnection.h b/common/rfb/SConnection.h
index fd6d263..f154218 100644
--- a/common/rfb/SConnection.h
+++ b/common/rfb/SConnection.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
   class SConnection : public SMsgHandler {
   public:
 
-    SConnection(bool reverseConnection_);
+    SConnection();
     virtual ~SConnection();
 
     // Methods to initialise the connection
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@
     SecurityServer *security;
     SSecurity* ssecurity;
     stateEnum state_;
-    bool reverseConnection;
     rdr::S32 preferredEncoding;
   };
 }
diff --git a/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx b/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx
index 746bb90..e261cfb 100644
--- a/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx
+++ b/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.cxx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 VNCSConnectionST::VNCSConnectionST(VNCServerST* server_, network::Socket *s,
                                    bool reverse)
-  : SConnection(reverse), sock(s),
+  : sock(s), reverseConnection(reverse),
     queryConnectTimer(this), inProcessMessages(false),
     pendingSyncFence(false), syncFence(false), fenceFlags(0),
     fenceDataLen(0), fenceData(NULL),
diff --git a/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.h b/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.h
index 7b25570..978879f 100644
--- a/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.h
+++ b/common/rfb/VNCSConnectionST.h
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
 
     network::Socket* sock;
     CharArray peerEndpoint;
+    bool reverseConnection;
 
     Timer queryConnectTimer;