diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_job_info.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_job_info.c
index b0fc8aa75786e6ae43cf4d1b04baaca71ddd86d3..b8409da8fa68b2c87ba728135dd55d7eb5984feb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_job_info.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_job_info.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ extern int set_select_jobinfo(select_jobinfo_t *jobinfo,
 	char *tmp_char = (char *) data;
 	bg_record_t *bg_record = (bg_record_t *) data;
 	uint32_t new_size;
-	uint16_t first_conn_type;
 
 	xassert(jobinfo);
 
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ extern int set_select_jobinfo(select_jobinfo_t *jobinfo,
 		break;
 	case SELECT_JOBDATA_GEOMETRY:
 		new_size = 1;
-		first_conn_type = jobinfo->conn_type[0];
 		for (i=0; i<jobinfo->dim_cnt; i++) {
 			jobinfo->geometry[i] = uint16[i];
 			new_size *= uint16[i];