diff --git a/qemu/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c b/qemu/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
index 6d48ac43..bba42742 100644
--- a/qemu/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
+++ b/qemu/hw/mips/mips_r4k.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 static int mips_r4k_init(struct uc_struct *uc, MachineState *machine)
 {
     const char *cpu_model = machine->cpu_model;
-    MIPSCPU *cpu;
-
 
     /* init CPUs */
     if (cpu_model == NULL) {