diff --git a/libfuse-lite/fuse.c b/libfuse-lite/fuse.c
index 903a05f7..52ff8d4d 100644
--- a/libfuse-lite/fuse.c
+++ b/libfuse-lite/fuse.c
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ struct fuse_dh {
     struct fuse *fuse;
     fuse_req_t req;
     char *contents;
-    int allocated;
     unsigned len;
     unsigned size;
     unsigned needlen;