diff --git a/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 0c6c7410b..9d26d12ea 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -766,9 +766,6 @@ class basic_json_view
     template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::view_side;
     friend iterator;
 
-    /// whether the view is one of an editable document
-    static constexpr bool is_editable = Editable;
-
     basic_json_view(const document_data* d, const node* n) noexcept
         : m_doc(d), m_node(n)
     {}
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 1ffccf9af..b07becaf5 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -10365,9 +10365,6 @@ class basic_json_view
     template<typename, typename> friend class detail::view::view_side;
     friend iterator;
 
-    /// whether the view is one of an editable document
-    static constexpr bool is_editable = Editable;
-
     basic_json_view(const document_data* d, const node* n) noexcept
         : m_doc(d), m_node(n)
     {}