diff --git a/src/conio/sdl_con.c b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
index bc62aba05af63cb4d061ada6c7d3691b3ebde1ba..6c50069f6ce49287b0fe6b15751b0659e153833b 100644
--- a/src/conio/sdl_con.c
+++ b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
@@ -1320,7 +1320,6 @@ static int sdl_video_event_thread(void *data)
 					break;
 				case SDL_USEREVENT: {
 					struct rectlist *list;
-					struct rectlist *list_tail;
 					struct rectlist *old_next;
 					/* Tell SDL to do various stuff... */
 					if (ev.user.code != SDL_USEREVENT_FLUSH)