diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index 055a66792e..e2e117d27a 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ static LLVMValueRef make_fn_llvm_value(CodeGen *g, ZigFn *fn) {
         linkage = fn_export->linkage;
     }
 
-    bool external_linkage = linkage != GlobalLinkageIdInternal;
     CallingConvention cc = fn->type_entry->data.fn.fn_type_id.cc;
     bool is_async = fn_is_async(fn);