diff --git a/src/html/m_tables.cpp b/src/html/m_tables.cpp
index b9fcc38bb2..adc0620081 100644
--- a/src/html/m_tables.cpp
+++ b/src/html/m_tables.cpp
@@ -543,7 +543,6 @@ TAG_HANDLER_BEGIN(TABLE, "TABLE,TR,TD,TH")
         {
             wxHtmlTableCell *oldt = m_Table;
             wxHtmlContainerCell *oldcont;
-            int m_OldAlign;
 
             oldcont = c = m_WParser->OpenContainer();