diff --git a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
index 72fba39df4640604fe9d4c57f3e7a1055e61894f..1836aee81d7f0881df05febf174c62df25ad808e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c,v 1.148 2005/06/17 22:32:47 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/init/postinit.c,v 1.149 2005/06/24 01:06:26 neilc Exp $
  *
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -536,12 +536,10 @@ static bool
 ThereIsAtLeastOneUser(void)
 {
 	Relation	pg_shadow_rel;
-	TupleDesc	pg_shadow_dsc;
 	HeapScanDesc scan;
 	bool		result;
 
 	pg_shadow_rel = heap_open(ShadowRelationId, AccessExclusiveLock);
-	pg_shadow_dsc = RelationGetDescr(pg_shadow_rel);
 
 	scan = heap_beginscan(pg_shadow_rel, SnapshotNow, 0, NULL);
 	result = (heap_getnext(scan, ForwardScanDirection) != NULL);