diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/alias.c b/plugins/sudoers/alias.c
index acd70b208..e4be71510 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/alias.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/alias.c
@@ -171,14 +171,13 @@ struct alias *
 alias_remove(char *name, int type)
 {
     struct rbnode *node;
-    struct alias key, *a;
+    struct alias key;
 
     key.name = name;
     key.type = type;
     if ((node = rbfind(aliases, &key)) == NULL)
 	return NULL;
-    a = rbdelete(aliases, node);
-    return a;
+    return rbdelete(aliases, node);
 }
 
 void