diff --git a/wordsplit.c b/wordsplit.c
index 2ce6d3b..d677621 100644
--- a/wordsplit.c
+++ b/wordsplit.c
@@ -766,7 +766,6 @@ wordsplit_finish (struct wordsplit *wsp)
 {
   struct wordsplit_node *p;
   size_t n;
-  int delim;
 
   /* Postprocess delimiters. It would be rather simple, if it weren't for
      the incremental operation.