diff --git a/src/libudev/libudev-monitor.c b/src/libudev/libudev-monitor.c
index 7971a8c655..ea7263f280 100644
--- a/src/libudev/libudev-monitor.c
+++ b/src/libudev/libudev-monitor.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static bool udev_has_devtmpfs(struct udev *udev) {
                 return false;
 
         FOREACH_LINE(line, f, return false) {
-                _cleanup_free_ char *opts = NULL;
                 int mid;
 
                 if (sscanf(line, "%i", &mid) != 1)