diff --git a/src/runmode-erf-file.c b/src/runmode-erf-file.c
index b3ce2248a2..3d11aefaf7 100644
--- a/src/runmode-erf-file.c
+++ b/src/runmode-erf-file.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ void RunModeErfFileRegister(void)
 
 int RunModeErfFileSingle(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
 {
-    int ret;
     char *file;
 
     SCEnter();