diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c
index 3c414cc172d21f3eab8841ca4b2191b6e87e3aca..95ffa191fd3ef400d1338fd4d156923a755cb64a 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc_gp.c
@@ -5092,7 +5092,6 @@ check_gp_workfile_compression(bool *newval, void **extra, GucSource source)
 void
 DispatchSyncPGVariable(struct config_generic * gconfig)
 {
-	ListCell   *l;
 	StringInfoData buffer;
 
 	if (Gp_role != GP_ROLE_DISPATCH || IsBootstrapProcessingMode())