diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_yadif.c b/libavfilter/vf_yadif.c
index fb17531dbf..b7c2d8073a 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_yadif.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_yadif.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static void filter(AVFilterContext *ctx, AVFilterBufferRef *dstpic,
         int w = dstpic->video->w;
         int h = dstpic->video->h;
         int refs = yadif->cur->linesize[i];
-        int absrefs = FFABS(refs);
         int df = (yadif->csp->comp[i].depth_minus1 + 8) / 8;
         int l_edge, l_edge_pix;