diff --git a/libs/ardour/track.cc b/libs/ardour/track.cc
index 40e916fdd8..4bb45c227f 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/track.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/track.cc
@@ -1085,7 +1085,6 @@ Track::use_captured_midi_sources (SourceList& srcs, CaptureInfos const & capture
 
 			if (time_domain() == Temporal::BeatTime) {
 
-				const timepos_t ss (start_off);
 				const timepos_t ss (start_off);
 				/* 2nd argument is the timeline position of the
 				 * start of the region in samples. We have to