diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c b/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
index f3ea1779f387b11a2a3168ed38fc3f1df0e25234..9e57810c954bd63d93b17304429ba57ed2c5887c 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
@@ -1780,11 +1780,9 @@ _requeue_job(uint32_t job_id, uint32_t slurm_rc)
 	struct requeue_msg req;
 	slurm_msg_t resp_msg;
 	int rc;
-	char buf[64];
 
 	slurm_msg_t_init(&resp_msg);
 
-	sprintf(buf, "%u", job_id);
 	req.job_id = job_id;
 	req.state = JOB_REQUEUE_HOLD;