diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_msg_area.c b/src/sbbs3/js_msg_area.c
index a79fe3ae237b8817718300bbc319dcbf686df00d..0582819bb9ea7024695d9ebb6ba56f511dd070c8 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_msg_area.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_msg_area.c
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
 
 #ifdef BUILD_JSDOCS
 
-static char* msg_area_prop_desc[] = {
-	,"message area settings (bitfield) - see <tt>MM_*</tt> in <tt>sbbsdefs.js</tt> for details"
-	,NULL
-};
-
 static char* msg_grp_prop_desc[] = {
 	 "index into grp_list array (or -1 if not in array) <i>(introduced in v3.12)</i>"
 	,"unique number for this message group"