diff --git a/src/syncterm/term.c b/src/syncterm/term.c
index 3adb678fe9026ed9c430ccc1f78391b56de38f2a..2ce7817961e733649b80120f74f528cc67191558 100644
--- a/src/syncterm/term.c
+++ b/src/syncterm/term.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,6 @@ xmodem_download(struct bbslist *bbs, long mode, char *path)
 	char     str[MAX_PATH * 2 + 2];
 	char     fname[MAX_PATH + 1];
 	int      i = 0;
-	int      fnum = 0;
 	uint     errors;
 	uint     total_files = 0;
 	uint     cps;
@@ -1944,8 +1943,6 @@ xmodem_download(struct bbslist *bbs, long mode, char *path)
 
 		lprintf(LOG_DEBUG, "Receiving: %.64s ", str);
 
-		fnum++;
-
 		while (fexistcase(str) && !(mode & OVERWRITE)) {
 			lprintf(LOG_WARNING, "%s already exists", str);
 			if (!xmodem_duplicate(&xm, bbs, str, sizeof(str), getfname(fname))) {