diff --git a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_prefix.c b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_prefix.c
index db9caaf2e2..707988c32c 100644
--- a/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_prefix.c
+++ b/legacy/embryo/src/bin/embryo_cc_prefix.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static int
 _e_prefix_share_hunt(void)
 {
    char buf[4096], buf2[4096], *p;
-   FILE *f;
    struct stat st;
 
    /* sometimes this isnt the case - so we need to do a more exhaustive search