diff --git a/src/cairo-xml-surface.c b/src/cairo-xml-surface.c
index c9473c24c..ef03930d2 100644
--- a/src/cairo-xml-surface.c
+++ b/src/cairo-xml-surface.c
@@ -463,7 +463,6 @@ _cairo_xml_surface_emit_clip_boxes (cairo_xml_surface_t *surface,
 				    cairo_clip_t *clip)
 {
     cairo_box_t *box;
-    cairo_status_t status;
     cairo_xml_t *xml;
     int n;