diff --git a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
index 5cb89d395..1be3a9f3f 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator.cxx
@@ -1371,7 +1371,6 @@ void cmLocalUnixMakefileGenerator::OutputExecutableRule(std::ostream& fout,
   if(m_UseRelativePaths)
     {
     cmSystemTools::ConvertToUnixSlashes(target);
-    bool needsLocalTarget = false;
     std::string tgt = this->ConvertToMakeTarget(target.c_str());
     if(tgt.find('/', 0) != tgt.npos)
       {