diff --git a/tools/target_dem_fuzzer.c b/tools/target_dem_fuzzer.c
index 19bc1f09c1..e169438ceb 100644
--- a/tools/target_dem_fuzzer.c
+++ b/tools/target_dem_fuzzer.c
@@ -98,10 +98,7 @@ static int64_t io_seek(void *opaque, int64_t offset, int whence)
 const uint32_t maxiteration = 8096;
 const int maxblocks= 50000;
 
-static const uint64_t FUZZ_TAG = 0x4741542D5A5A5546ULL;
-
 int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t *data, size_t size) {
-    const uint64_t fuzz_tag = FUZZ_TAG;
     uint32_t it = 0;
     AVFormatContext *avfmt = avformat_alloc_context();
     AVPacket *pkt;