diff --git a/fanout.c b/fanout.c
index f007780c295a069e2c72dc06d9cabdb8cc9454c2..6edfd925e7cab0908d25eb78e61e5f89e7c3d5e5 100644
--- a/fanout.c
+++ b/fanout.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
     struct epoll_event ev, events[max_events];
 
     struct client *client_i = NULL;
-    struct client *client_tmp = NULL;
     
     struct linger so_linger;
     so_linger.l_onoff = 1;