diff --git a/libavcodec/videotoolbox.c b/libavcodec/videotoolbox.c
index b78238ae37..ca4449105d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/videotoolbox.c
+++ b/libavcodec/videotoolbox.c
@@ -501,7 +501,6 @@ static int videotoolbox_default_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     VTDecompressionOutputCallbackRecord decoder_cb;
     CFDictionaryRef decoder_spec;
     CFDictionaryRef buf_attr;
-    int32_t pix_fmt;
 
     if (!videotoolbox) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "hwaccel context is not set\n");
@@ -528,8 +527,6 @@ static int videotoolbox_default_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
         break;
     }
 
-    pix_fmt = videotoolbox->cv_pix_fmt_type;
-
     decoder_spec = videotoolbox_decoder_config_create(videotoolbox->cm_codec_type, avctx);
 
     videotoolbox->cm_fmt_desc = videotoolbox_format_desc_create(videotoolbox->cm_codec_type,