diff --git a/libs/evoral/libsmf/smf_load.c b/libs/evoral/libsmf/smf_load.c
index f80560d59e..2528c328fa 100644
--- a/libs/evoral/libsmf/smf_load.c
+++ b/libs/evoral/libsmf/smf_load.c
@@ -821,7 +821,6 @@ smf_event_is_valid(const smf_event_t *event)
 static int
 parse_mtrk_chunk(smf_track_t *track)
 {
-	smf_t *smf = track->smf;
 	smf_event_t *event;
 
 	if (parse_mtrk_header(track))