diff --git a/tests/test-libglnx-xattrs.c b/tests/test-libglnx-xattrs.c
index 1f94ce2ead182307a1a5556cc366e675132c9149..0076b71263fff494d0b83538f75973a8e56c5a62 100644
--- a/tests/test-libglnx-xattrs.c
+++ b/tests/test-libglnx-xattrs.c
@@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ test_xattr_races (void)
   GThread *threads[nprocs];
   g_autoptr(GError) local_error = NULL;
   GError **error = &local_error;
-  glnx_fd_close int dfd = -1;
   g_auto(GLnxTmpDir) tmpdir = { 0, };
   g_autofree char *tmpdir_path = g_strdup_printf ("%s/libglnx-xattrs-XXXXXX",
                                                   getenv ("TMPDIR") ?: "/var/tmp");