diff --git a/src/ftglue.c b/src/ftglue.c
index 5bb727453042ed97340f268085979e56ec69ae14..31214b3e13f835b3f95742986ddfe70b0f88957e 100644
--- a/src/ftglue.c
+++ b/src/ftglue.c
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@ _hb_ftglue_face_goto_table( FT_Face    face,
     if ( face->num_faces > 1 )
     {
       /* deal with TrueType collections */
-      FT_ULong  offset;
-
       LOG(( ">> This is a TrueType Collection\n" ));
 
       if ( FILE_Seek( 12 + face->face_index*4 ) ||