diff --git a/include/verilated_vcd_c.cpp b/include/verilated_vcd_c.cpp
index bfc185c34..ccbccde8e 100644
--- a/include/verilated_vcd_c.cpp
+++ b/include/verilated_vcd_c.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ VerilatedVcd::VerilatedVcd(VerilatedVcdFile* filep) {
     m_wrBufp = new char[m_wrChunkSize * 8];
     m_wrFlushp = m_wrBufp + m_wrChunkSize * 6;
     m_writep = m_wrBufp;
-    m_suffixesp = nullptr;
 }
 
 void VerilatedVcd::open(const char* filename) VL_MT_SAFE_EXCLUDES(m_mutex) {
@@ -114,9 +113,6 @@ void VerilatedVcd::open(const char* filename) VL_MT_SAFE_EXCLUDES(m_mutex) {
 
     dumpHeader();
 
-    // Get the direct access pointer to the code strings
-    m_suffixesp = &m_suffixes[0];  // Note: C++11 m_suffixes.data();
-
     // When using rollover, the first chunk contains the header only.
     if (m_rolloverMB) openNextImp(true);
 }
@@ -610,7 +606,7 @@ static inline void VerilatedVcdCCopyAndAppendNewLine(char* writep, const char* s
 }
 
 void VerilatedVcd::finishLine(vluint32_t code, char* writep) {
-    const char* const suffixp = m_suffixesp + code * VL_TRACE_SUFFIX_ENTRY_SIZE;
+    const char* const suffixp = m_suffixes.data() + code * VL_TRACE_SUFFIX_ENTRY_SIZE;
     VerilatedVcdCCopyAndAppendNewLine(writep, suffixp);
 
     // Now write back the write pointer incremented by the actual size of the
diff --git a/include/verilated_vcd_c.h b/include/verilated_vcd_c.h
index f9d07a731..f6fdd1494 100644
--- a/include/verilated_vcd_c.h
+++ b/include/verilated_vcd_c.h
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ private:
     vluint64_t m_wroteBytes = 0;  // Number of bytes written to this file
 
     std::vector<char> m_suffixes;  // VCD line end string codes + metadata
-    const char* m_suffixesp;  // Pointer to first element of above
 
     using NameMap = std::map<const std::string, const std::string>;
     NameMap* m_namemapp = nullptr;  // List of names for the header