diff --git a/libavcodec/tiffenc.c b/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
index dc87057fc9..689479fd76 100644
--- a/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/tiffenc.c
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ static int encode_frame(AVCodecContext * avctx, AVPacket *pkt,
     int ret = -1;
     int is_yuv = 0, alpha = 0;
     int shift_h, shift_v;
-    const AVPixFmtDescriptor* pfd;
 
     *p = *pict;