diff --git a/src/getpass.c b/src/getpass.c
index 129430f2e89f38a3683f61f0b65877a6a880144e..21cb679a7e055edb39aa49898f477831b8673c96 100644
--- a/src/getpass.c
+++ b/src/getpass.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ char *getpass_r(const char *prompt, char *buffer, size_t buflen)
 {
   long sts;
   short chan;
-  struct _iosb iosb;
+
   /* MSK, 23-JAN-2004, iosbdef.h wasn't in VAX V7.2 or CC 6.4  */
   /* distribution so I created this.  May revert back later to */
   /* struct _iosb iosb;                                        */