diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index 7e59dae8..9f462c5e 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ Connection.prototype.parseField = function(buffer) {
 };
 
 var DATA_ROW = 'dataRow';
-var DataRowMessage = function(name, length, fieldCount) {
+var DataRowMessage = function(length, fieldCount) {
   this.name = DATA_ROW;
   this.length = length;
   this.fieldCount = fieldCount;