diff --git a/lightening/aarch64.c b/lightening/aarch64.c
index 1018193c4..4ff4ea96e 100644
--- a/lightening/aarch64.c
+++ b/lightening/aarch64.c
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ struct abi_arg_iterator
 };
 
 static size_t page_size;
-static int has_lse_atomics;
 
 # define HWCAP_ATOMICS	(1 << 8)