diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strlen.c b/sysdeps/alpha/strlen.c
index 0c108534e5..3fd1b252a0 100644
--- a/sysdeps/alpha/strlen.c
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strlen.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ strlen (const char *str)
 {
   const char *char_ptr;
   const unsigned long int *longword_ptr;
-  unsigned long int longword;
 
   /* Handle the first few characters by reading one character at a time.
      Do this until STR is aligned on a 8-byte border.  */