diff --git a/dlls/wininet/http.c b/dlls/wininet/http.c
index 5e527a102a0..970e50243f5 100644
--- a/dlls/wininet/http.c
+++ b/dlls/wininet/http.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,6 @@ static void HTTPREQ_Destroy(WININETHANDLEHEADER *hdr)
 static void HTTPREQ_CloseConnection(WININETHANDLEHEADER *hdr)
 {
     LPWININETHTTPREQW lpwhr = (LPWININETHTTPREQW) hdr;
-    LPWININETHTTPSESSIONW lpwhs = NULL;
 
     TRACE("%p\n",lpwhr);
 
@@ -1426,8 +1425,6 @@ static void HTTPREQ_CloseConnection(WININETHANDLEHEADER *hdr)
         lpwhr->pProxyAuthInfo = NULL;
     }
 
-    lpwhs = lpwhr->lpHttpSession;
-
     INTERNET_SendCallback(&lpwhr->hdr, lpwhr->hdr.dwContext,
                           INTERNET_STATUS_CLOSING_CONNECTION, 0, 0);