diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
index 1f3523b791..625de41795 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/io/qfile/tst_qfile.cpp
@@ -1557,7 +1557,6 @@ void tst_QFile::copyFallback()
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 static QString getWorkingDirectoryForLink(const QString &linkFileName)
 {
-    bool neededCoInit = false;
     QString ret;
 
     QComHelper comHelper;