diff --git a/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/ecpglib.c b/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/ecpglib.c
index aae621fed45c0df5411083defee161dfa8a82c53..a51b1ce69c34686ef6808720c824e5b560a25034 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/ecpglib.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/ecpg/lib/ecpglib.c
@@ -510,7 +510,6 @@ ECPGexecute(struct statement * stmt)
 				case ECPGt_char_variable:
 					{
 						int			slen = strlen((char *) var->value);
-						char	   *tmp;
 
 						if (!(newcopy = ecpg_alloc(slen + 1, stmt->lineno)))
 							return false;