diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py b/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py
index 55467a1cd..1fded9e1a 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/gemini_multimodal_live/gemini.py
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ class GeminiMultimodalLiveLLMService(LLMService):
         self._receive_task = None
         self._context = None
 
-        self._connected = False
         self._disconnecting = False
         self._api_session_ready = False
         self._run_llm_when_api_session_ready = False