diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index ee4f5821b68..3583bca6c48 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -398,7 +398,6 @@ PyObject *
 _PyObject_Str(PyObject *v)
 {
 	PyObject *res;
-	int type_ok;
 	if (v == NULL)
 		return PyString_FromString("<NULL>");
 	if (PyString_CheckExact(v)) {