diff --git a/Modules/newmodule.c b/Modules/newmodule.c
index 6c29fe43150..252637ab524 100644
--- a/Modules/newmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/newmodule.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ new_code(PyObject* unused, PyObject* args)
 	PyObject* name;
 	int firstlineno;
 	PyObject* lnotab;
-	PyBufferProcs *pb;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "iiiiSO!O!O!SSiS|O!O!:code",
 			      &argcount, &nlocals, &stacksize, &flags,