diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 28a1a8d63257c0cf26dae667032ea6f40dca7c7c..3c9fde54a412c9ae8ba6e518d179e521a3ee1ed2 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -567,9 +567,7 @@ output_auth_headers(struct connectdata *conn,
 {
   const char *auth = NULL;
   CURLcode result = CURLE_OK;
-#if defined(USE_SPNEGO)
   struct SessionHandle *data = conn->data;
-#endif
 #ifdef USE_SPNEGO
   struct negotiatedata *negdata = proxy?
     &data->state.proxyneg:&data->state.negotiate;