diff --git a/apps/req.c b/apps/req.c
index 4dca798e4a7bb1225daf18e4c92fe8f5c56df1bf..4fa5ae6fe8df924dd10a8579b1a422e1783c7275 100644
--- a/apps/req.c
+++ b/apps/req.c
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ static int req_check_len(int len,int n_min,int n_max);
 static int check_end(char *str, char *end);
 #ifndef MONOLITH
 static char *default_config_file=NULL;
-static CONF *config=NULL;
 #endif
 static CONF *req_conf=NULL;
 static int batch=0;