diff --git a/src/flatpak-run.c b/src/flatpak-run.c
index 444d53739df90ab8579474e84d80d7602c8fb868..20c4fbcd997d5e4c8d31ca19efd349c0a4e46776 100644
--- a/src/flatpak-run.c
+++ b/src/flatpak-run.c
@@ -392,7 +392,6 @@ gboolean
 flatpak_run_add_system_dbus_args (FlatpakBwrap   *app_bwrap)
 {
   const char *dbus_address = g_getenv ("DBUS_SYSTEM_BUS_ADDRESS");
-  g_autofree char *real_dbus_address = NULL;
   g_autofree char *dbus_system_socket = NULL;
 
   if (dbus_address != NULL)