diff --git a/src/compositor/mutter/compositor-mutter.c b/src/compositor/mutter/compositor-mutter.c
index d8c3d9575..0281bb2b3 100644
--- a/src/compositor/mutter/compositor-mutter.c
+++ b/src/compositor/mutter/compositor-mutter.c
@@ -2396,7 +2396,6 @@ clutter_cmp_sync_stack (MetaCompositor *compositor,
     {
       MetaWindow    *window = tmp->data;
       MutterWindow  *cw = window->compositor_private;
-      GList	    *link;
 
       if (!cw)
 	{