diff --git a/servers/slapd/daemon.c b/servers/slapd/daemon.c
index 31de518800..d4d42e3492 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/daemon.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/daemon.c
@@ -1203,9 +1203,6 @@ slapd_daemon_task(
 		fd_set			writefds;
 		Sockaddr		from;
 
-#if defined(SLAPD_RLOOKUPS)
-		struct hostent		*hp;
-#endif
 		struct timeval		zero;
 		struct timeval		*tvp;