diff --git a/src/sbbs3/js_file.c b/src/sbbs3/js_file.c
index 08117ecf380fa9eb4fc4cda0c900be357f7d2c15..b983810e4dec8371f853994058989014acc419e9 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/js_file.c
+++ b/src/sbbs3/js_file.c
@@ -3105,7 +3105,7 @@ JSClass js_file_class = {
 static JSBool
 js_file_constructor(JSContext *cx, uintN argc, jsval *arglist)
 {
-	JSObject * obj = JS_THIS_OBJECT(cx, arglist);
+	JSObject * obj;
 	jsval *    argv = JS_ARGV(cx, arglist);
 	JSString*  str;
 	private_t* p;