diff --git a/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c b/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c
index 44085fc87a..9200b9b1ad 100644
--- a/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c
+++ b/fftools/textformat/avtextformat.c
@@ -585,7 +585,6 @@ static const AVClass textwriter_class = {
 void avtextwriter_context_close(AVTextWriterContext **pwctx)
 {
     AVTextWriterContext *wctx = *pwctx;
-    int ret = 0;
 
     if (!wctx)
         return;