diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.cc b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.cc
index 47cca30c5..53df32683 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.cc
@@ -2131,7 +2131,7 @@ RenderTargetCache::RenderTarget* D3D12RenderTargetCache::CreateRenderTarget(
                                    descriptor_srv.GetHandle());
 
   return new D3D12RenderTarget(
-      key, *this, resource.Get(), std::move(descriptor_draw),
+      key, resource.Get(), std::move(descriptor_draw),
       std::move(descriptor_draw_srgb), std::move(descriptor_load_separate),
       std::move(descriptor_srv), std::move(descriptor_srv_stencil),
       resource_state);
diff --git a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.h b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.h
index d07f626c2..19a367bd8 100644
--- a/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.h
+++ b/src/xenia/gpu/d3d12/d3d12_render_target_cache.h
@@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ class D3D12RenderTargetCache final : public RenderTargetCache {
     // floating-point formats, and to distinguish between two -1 representations
     // in snorm formats).
     D3D12RenderTarget(
-        RenderTargetKey key, D3D12RenderTargetCache& render_target_cache,
-        ID3D12Resource* resource,
+        RenderTargetKey key, ID3D12Resource* resource,
         ui::d3d12::D3D12CpuDescriptorPool::Descriptor&& descriptor_draw,
         ui::d3d12::D3D12CpuDescriptorPool::Descriptor&& descriptor_draw_srgb,
         ui::d3d12::D3D12CpuDescriptorPool::Descriptor&&
@@ -144,7 +143,6 @@ class D3D12RenderTargetCache final : public RenderTargetCache {
         ui::d3d12::D3D12CpuDescriptorPool::Descriptor&& descriptor_srv_stencil,
         D3D12_RESOURCE_STATES resource_state)
         : RenderTarget(key),
-          render_target_cache_(render_target_cache),
           resource_(resource),
           descriptor_draw_(std::move(descriptor_draw)),
           descriptor_draw_srgb_(std::move(descriptor_draw_srgb)),
@@ -199,7 +197,6 @@ class D3D12RenderTargetCache final : public RenderTargetCache {
     }
 
    private:
-    D3D12RenderTargetCache& render_target_cache_;
     Microsoft::WRL::ComPtr<ID3D12Resource> resource_;
     ui::d3d12::D3D12CpuDescriptorPool::Descriptor descriptor_draw_;
     ui::d3d12::D3D12CpuDescriptorPool::Descriptor descriptor_draw_srgb_;