diff --git a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/src/client.ts b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/src/client.ts
index 03bda79a7..9d7083deb 100644
--- a/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/src/client.ts
+++ b/deltachat-jsonrpc/typescript/src/client.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ export class BaseDeltaChat<
   Transport extends BaseTransport<any>,
 > extends TinyEmitter<Events> {
   rpc: RawClient;
-  account?: T.Account;
   private contextEmitters: { [key: number]: TinyEmitter<ContextEvents> } = {};
 
   //@ts-ignore