diff --git a/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c b/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
index f68061ca6..722a8c9f9 100644
--- a/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
+++ b/src/haptic/linux/SDL_syshaptic.c
@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ SDL_SYS_HapticName(int index)
 static int
 SDL_SYS_HapticOpenFromFD(SDL_Haptic * haptic, int fd)
 {
-    const char *name;
-
     /* Allocate the hwdata */
     haptic->hwdata = (struct haptic_hwdata *)
         SDL_malloc(sizeof(*haptic->hwdata));