diff --git a/glamor/glamor_egl.h b/glamor/glamor_egl.h
index 2c6d3076f..6bb1185bf 100644
--- a/glamor/glamor_egl.h
+++ b/glamor/glamor_egl.h
@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@
 static inline EGLDisplay
 glamor_egl_get_display(EGLint type, void *native)
 {
-    EGLDisplay dpy = NULL;
-
     /* In practise any EGL 1.5 implementation would support the EXT extension */
     if (epoxy_has_egl_extension(NULL, "EGL_EXT_platform_base")) {
         PFNEGLGETPLATFORMDISPLAYEXTPROC getPlatformDisplayEXT =