diff --git a/src/crc32.c b/src/crc32.c
index c2f15119..ca5b5fed 100644
--- a/src/crc32.c
+++ b/src/crc32.c
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ u32 crc32c_sb8_64_bit(u32 running_crc, const unsigned char* p_buf,
 
     // Main aligned loop, processes eight bytes at a time.
 
-    u32 term1, term2;
     for (size_t li = 0; li < running_length/8; li++) {
         u32 block = *(const u32 *)p_buf;
         crc ^= block;