diff --git a/dlls/user/dde_client.c b/dlls/user/dde_client.c
index 977e428e6fa..ecd3b3b7f40 100644
--- a/dlls/user/dde_client.c
+++ b/dlls/user/dde_client.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,6 @@ static HDDEDATA WDML_SyncWaitTransactionReply(HCONV hConv, DWORD dwTimeout, WDML
 
 	    while (PeekMessageW(&msg, 0, WM_DDE_FIRST, WM_DDE_LAST, PM_REMOVE))
 	    {
-                WDML_CONV *pConv;
                 HDDEDATA hdd;
 
                 EnterCriticalSection(&WDML_CritSect);