diff --git a/i3bar/src/xcb.c b/i3bar/src/xcb.c
index 300ac859..326ca2ad 100644
--- a/i3bar/src/xcb.c
+++ b/i3bar/src/xcb.c
@@ -636,8 +636,6 @@ void reconfig_windows() {
     uint32_t mask;
     uint32_t values[5];
 
-    xcb_generic_error_t *err;
-
     i3_output *walk;
     SLIST_FOREACH(walk, outputs, slist) {
         if (!walk->active) {