diff --git a/ssl/s3_lib.c b/ssl/s3_lib.c
index 8e59a92905553d6500966d26d5db4878630aa2a3..94bdb63cdb2ab0052fc076c745f7282ce8844e92 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_lib.c
@@ -2048,7 +2048,6 @@ SSL_CIPHER *ssl3_choose_cipher(SSL *s, STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *clnt,
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_EC
 	int ec_ok, ec_nid;
 	unsigned char ec_search1, ec_search2;
-	unsigned char *ec_ptr;
 #endif /* OPENSSL_NO_EC */
 #endif /* OPENSSL_NO_TLSEXT */
 	CERT *cert;