diff --git a/libvo/font_load_ft.c b/libvo/font_load_ft.c
index d47033e11b..b27bcac2bf 100644
--- a/libvo/font_load_ft.c
+++ b/libvo/font_load_ft.c
@@ -836,7 +836,6 @@ static int prepare_charset_unicode(FT_Face face, FT_ULong *charset, FT_ULong *ch
 static font_desc_t* init_font_desc(void)
 {
     font_desc_t *desc;
-    int i;
 
     desc = calloc(1, sizeof(*desc));
     if(!desc) return NULL;