diff --git a/src/renderer.c b/src/renderer.c
index 5b7e44a1..05fbe8f0 100644
--- a/src/renderer.c
+++ b/src/renderer.c
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ static GlyphSet* get_glyphset(RenFont *font, int codepoint) {
 
 RenFont* ren_load_font(const char *filename, float size) {
   RenFont *font = NULL;
-  FILE *fp = NULL;
 
   /* init font */
   font = check_alloc(calloc(1, sizeof(RenFont)));