diff --git a/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c b/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c
index 4b98f4f6b0644d156fcf2d7fbc6c2571dc1d629e..a18bd5bcdddcfc9c264de46785bd13ad9e0c9bd9 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c
+++ b/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ rwlock_trywrlock(rwlock_t *lock)
 BOOL
 rwlock_unlock(rwlock_t *lock)
 {
-	BOOL ret = FALSE;
 	struct rwlock_reader_thread *rc;
 	struct rwlock_reader_thread **prev;