diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index 97c5d47812..271b7bb131 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -3511,7 +3511,6 @@ parse_ethtool_option (const char *value, NMSettingWiredWakeOnLan *out_flags, cha
 {
 	gs_strfreev char **words = NULL;
 	const char **iter = NULL, *flag;
-	gboolean has_flags = FALSE;
 
 	if (!value || !value[0])
 		return;
@@ -3541,7 +3540,6 @@ parse_ethtool_option (const char *value, NMSettingWiredWakeOnLan *out_flags, cha
 
 		if (is_wol) {
 			NMSettingWiredWakeOnLan wol_flags = NM_SETTING_WIRED_WAKE_ON_LAN_NONE;
-			has_flags = TRUE;
 
 			if (!iter[0]) {
 				PARSE_WARNING ("Wake-on-LAN options missing");