diff --git a/src/lxc/cgroup.c b/src/lxc/cgroup.c
index f88d55675..cc3910a4c 100644
--- a/src/lxc/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/cgroup.c
@@ -423,7 +423,6 @@ out:
 int recursive_rmdir(char *dirname)
 {
 	struct dirent dirent, *direntp;
-	int fddir;
 	DIR *dir;
 	int ret;
 	char pathname[MAXPATHLEN];
@@ -434,8 +433,6 @@ int recursive_rmdir(char *dirname)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	fddir = dirfd(dir);
-
 	while (!readdir_r(dir, &dirent, &direntp)) {
 		struct stat mystat;