diff --git a/common/recorderfile.cpp b/common/recorderfile.cpp
index 5fba1f38eb0..5e0d421d26e 100644
--- a/common/recorderfile.cpp
+++ b/common/recorderfile.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ void PlaybackFile::close() {
 }
 
 bool PlaybackFile::parseHeader() {
-	PlaybackFileHeader result;
 	ChunkHeader nextChunk;
 	_playbackParseState = kFileStateCheckFormat;
 	if (!readChunkHeader(nextChunk)) {