diff --git a/src/lib/player/player.c b/src/lib/player/player.c
index 0c649660..db7ce5a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/player/player.c
+++ b/src/lib/player/player.c
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ player_main(struct player *p)
 static int
 command(void)
 {
-    unsigned i;
     char *redir;		/* UTF-8 */
     char scanspace[1024];