diff --git a/src/bin/efreet/efreetd.c b/src/bin/efreet/efreetd.c
index 2da069aa28..ec51e0fd04 100644
--- a/src/bin/efreet/efreetd.c
+++ b/src/bin/efreet/efreetd.c
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
    char path[PATH_MAX], buf[PATH_MAX];
    FILE *log;
    int fd;
-   const char *s;
    const char *log_file_dir = NULL;
    const char *hostname_str = NULL;