diff --git a/src/conio/sdlfuncs.c b/src/conio/sdlfuncs.c
index be4da2e533862e601e6dc03771372199af1cf9cb..6d73605da9dc1c3327f59ffefbe974d6548f823e 100644
--- a/src/conio/sdlfuncs.c
+++ b/src/conio/sdlfuncs.c
@@ -624,7 +624,9 @@ int SDL_main_env(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
 	SDL_Thread	*main_thread;
 	int		main_ret;
 	int		use_sdl_video=FALSE;
+#ifdef _WIN32
 	char		*driver_env=NULL;
+#endif
 
 	ma.argc=argc;
 	ma.argv=argv;