diff --git a/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c b/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c
index 439f3ddb96a62df488b80a9ccdbb2409b4c0fbe4..549358ff838bc2db02e37f1feb6d088ce79e0c2a 100644
--- a/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c
+++ b/src/xpdev/rwlockwrap.c
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ rwlock_init(rwlock_t *lock)
 BOOL
 rwlock_rdlock(rwlock_t *lock)
 {
-	DWORD obj;
-
 	EnterCriticalSection(&lock->lk);
 	while(lock->writers || lock->writers_waiting) {
 		LeaveCriticalSection(&lock->lk);