diff --git a/pkg/controller/external_async_nofork.go b/pkg/controller/external_async_nofork.go
index 7d8eaa4a..6b4a1494 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/external_async_nofork.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/external_async_nofork.go
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func (n *noForkAsyncExternal) Update(_ context.Context, mg xpresource.Managed) (
 	return managed.ExternalUpdate{}, nil
 }
 
-func (n *noForkAsyncExternal) Delete(ctx context.Context, mg xpresource.Managed) error {
+func (n *noForkAsyncExternal) Delete(_ context.Context, mg xpresource.Managed) error {
 	if !n.opTracker.LastOperation.MarkStart("delete") {
 		return errors.Errorf("%s operation that started at %s is still running", n.opTracker.LastOperation.Type, n.opTracker.LastOperation.StartTime().String())
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/nofork_store.go b/pkg/controller/nofork_store.go
index dfcdd5ca..4ec2e082 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/nofork_store.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/nofork_store.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ type AsyncTracker struct {
 	LastOperation *terraform.Operation
 	logger        logging.Logger
 	mu            *sync.Mutex
-	tfID          string
 	tfState       *tfsdk.InstanceState
 	// lifecycle of certain external resources are bound to a parent resource's
 	// lifecycle, and they cannot be deleted without actually deleting