diff --git a/src/jemalloc.c b/src/jemalloc.c
index d1521eaf..57a5e359 100644
--- a/src/jemalloc.c
+++ b/src/jemalloc.c
@@ -252,7 +252,6 @@ stats_print_atexit(void)
 static unsigned
 malloc_ncpus(void)
 {
-	unsigned ret;
 	long result;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32