diff --git a/src/sbbs3/bulkmail.cpp b/src/sbbs3/bulkmail.cpp
index 9f83878ed38d7fd1e23dee183f68fab352ffcb89..df241eaf3335f64cd6cd595351b5b717c12229e3 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/bulkmail.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/bulkmail.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ bool sbbs_t::bulkmail(uchar *ar)
 	char		msgpath[MAX_PATH+1];
 	char*		msgbuf;
 	char 		tmp[512];
-	ushort		xlat=XLAT_NONE;
 	int 		i,j,x;
 	long		msgs=0;
 	long		length;