diff --git a/lib/ldap.c b/lib/ldap.c
index dbd2e246654681de625067440b1b7599becc43fa..ab73a0f4b0f9be83998c5906fa35073053ed9e2b 100644
--- a/lib/ldap.c
+++ b/lib/ldap.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ CURLcode Curl_ldap(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
   int rc = 0;
   LDAP *server;
   LDAPURLDesc *ludp = NULL;
-  const char *mod_name;
   LDAPMessage *result;
   LDAPMessage *entryIterator;
   int num = 0;