diff --git a/ffmpeg.c b/ffmpeg.c
index 9901f0f324..20f8db0ce3 100644
--- a/ffmpeg.c
+++ b/ffmpeg.c
@@ -124,8 +124,6 @@ static const char *video_codec_name    = NULL;
 static const char *audio_codec_name    = NULL;
 static const char *subtitle_codec_name = NULL;
 
-static char *data_codec_name = NULL;
-
 static int file_overwrite = 0;
 static int do_benchmark = 0;
 static int do_hex_dump = 0;