diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c b/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c
index 24df1e1a208625f545a500b2d3a3d3c4f3d0e8e1..716b73759db6471bdb7b135a3d1181eb63c6b7e2 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_slirp.c
@@ -298,7 +298,6 @@ qemuSlirpStart(qemuSlirpPtr slirp,
 {
     VIR_AUTOUNREF(virQEMUDriverConfigPtr) cfg = virQEMUDriverGetConfig(driver);
     VIR_AUTOPTR(virCommand) cmd = NULL;
-    VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) cmdstr = NULL;
     VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) pidfile = NULL;
     VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) dbus_path = NULL;
     VIR_AUTOFREE(char *) dbus_addr = NULL;