diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 43853f367e3dd5780d2d7bdd697986a3e42994ba..95eab6da12a918e481aaf56b3ced54d160348fbe 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -2490,10 +2490,7 @@ static bool tld_check_name(struct SessionHandle *data,
   char *uc_name = NULL;
   int rc;
 #ifndef CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS
-  char *tld_errmsg;
-#ifndef HAVE_TLD_STRERROR
-  char no_msg[] = "<no msg>";
-#endif
+  char *tld_errmsg = "<no msg>";
 #else
   (void)data;
 #endif
@@ -2508,8 +2505,6 @@ static bool tld_check_name(struct SessionHandle *data,
   if (rc != TLD_SUCCESS)
 #ifdef HAVE_TLD_STRERROR
     tld_errmsg = (char *)tld_strerror((Tld_rc)rc);
-#else
-    tld_errmsg = no_msg;
 #endif
   if (rc == TLD_INVALID)
     infof(data, "WARNING: %s; pos %u = `%c'/0x%02X\n",