diff --git a/src/libstore/gc.cc b/src/libstore/gc.cc
index 2ab15639a..0366fe0b0 100644
--- a/src/libstore/gc.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/gc.cc
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ void LocalStore::collectGarbage(const GCOptions & options, GCResults & results)
                unreachable. We don't use readDirectory() here so that
                GCing can start faster. */
             auto linksName = baseNameOf(linksDir);
-            Paths entries;
             struct dirent * dirent;
             while (errno = 0, dirent = readdir(dir.get())) {
                 checkInterrupt();