diff --git a/thread_pthread.c b/thread_pthread.c
index 962215b1a1..3aab3c116a 100644
--- a/thread_pthread.c
+++ b/thread_pthread.c
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ native_sleep(rb_thread_t *th, struct timeval *tv)
     int prev_status = th->status;
     struct timespec ts;
     struct timeval tvn;
-    struct timeval tve;
 
     if (tv) {
 	gettimeofday(&tvn, NULL);