diff --git a/src/lib/tls/version.c b/src/lib/tls/version.c
index 70c0e0992d84..bc1d4882c390 100644
--- a/src/lib/tls/version.c
+++ b/src/lib/tls/version.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ char const *fr_openssl_version_str_from_num(uint32_t v)
 {
 	/* 2 (%s) + 1 (.) + 2 (%i) + 1 (.) + 2 (%i) + 1 (c) + 8 (%s) + \0 */
 	static char buffer[18];
-	char *p = buffer, *end = buffer + sizeof(buffer);
 
 	/*
 	 *	OpenSSL major versions >= 3 (which FreeRADIUS requires) use the