diff --git a/runzip.c b/runzip.c
index 818fec5..ecb0748 100644
--- a/runzip.c
+++ b/runzip.c
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ i64 runzip_fd(int fd_in, int fd_out, int fd_hist, i64 expected_size)
 {
 	char md5_resblock[MD5_DIGEST_SIZE];
 	struct timeval start,end;
-	FILE *md5_stream;
 	i64 total = 0;
 	int j;