diff --git a/src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp b/src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp
index 0db63a96ce..9c09c02c0c 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qiconloader.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ void QIconLoaderEngine::virtual_hook(int id, void *data)
         {
             QIconEngine::AvailableSizesArgument &arg
                     = *reinterpret_cast<QIconEngine::AvailableSizesArgument*>(data);
-            const QList<QIconDirInfo> directoryKey = QIconLoader::instance()->theme().keyList();
             arg.sizes.clear();
 
             // Gets all sizes from the DirectoryInfo entries