diff --git a/src/common/qsw.c b/src/common/qsw.c
index 094ed261ef3c58db7fc8d6e84cefa0942ff71529..4fffd9b09e79b9e482e68cc37cf2db23d6cd9e1e 100644
--- a/src/common/qsw.c
+++ b/src/common/qsw.c
@@ -879,7 +879,6 @@ char *
 qsw_capability_string(struct qsw_jobinfo *j, char *buf, size_t size)
 {
 	ELAN_CAPABILITY *cap;
-	int len;
 
 	assert(buf != NULL);
 	assert(j->j_magic == QSW_JOBINFO_MAGIC);