diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/plugin.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/plugin.cpp
index 6f29b237b5..4a5eb8e622 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/plugin.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/plugin.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ using namespace Microsoft::WRL;
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_d3d12_debug);
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_d3d12_allocator_debug);
-GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_d3d12_command_list_debug);
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_d3d12_decoder_debug);
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_d3d12_fence_debug);
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY (gst_d3d12_format_debug);
@@ -51,8 +50,6 @@ plugin_init (GstPlugin * plugin)
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_d3d12_debug, "d3d12", 0, "d3d12");
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_d3d12_allocator_debug, "d3d12allocator", 0,
       "d3d12allocator");
-  GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_d3d12_command_list_debug, "d3d12commandlist", 0,
-      "d3d12commandlist");
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_d3d12_decoder_debug, "d3d12decoder", 0,
       "d3d12decoder");
   GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_INIT (gst_d3d12_fence_debug, "d3d12fence", 0,