diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-pin.c b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-pin.c
index 6beb5e69d1..4ce5eca6e6 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-pin.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-admin-builtin-pin.c
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ ot_admin_builtin_pin (int argc, char **argv, OstreeCommandInvocation *invocation
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-  g_autoptr(GPtrArray) current_deployments = ostree_sysroot_get_deployments (sysroot);
-
   const char *deploy_index_str = argv[1];
   const int deploy_index = atoi (deploy_index_str);