diff --git a/openbsc/src/db.c b/openbsc/src/db.c
index cb1cd4e..95a7d36 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/db.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/db.c
@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@
 int db_subscriber_update(struct gsm_subscriber *subscr)
 {
 	char buf[32];
-	char *quoted;
 	dbi_result result;
 
 	/* Copy the id to a string as queryf with %llu is failing */