diff --git a/src/x11/window.cpp b/src/x11/window.cpp
index 74e41c57ee..6dee823b0e 100644
--- a/src/x11/window.cpp
+++ b/src/x11/window.cpp
@@ -178,9 +178,7 @@ bool wxWindowX11::Create(wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
     bool need_two_windows = false;
 #endif
 
-#if wxUSE_NANOX
-    long xattributes = 0;
-#else
+#if !wxUSE_NANOX
     XSetWindowAttributes xattributes;
     long xattributes_mask = 0;