diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 5e86ae6dd56..8620a3ef396 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-05-18  Adrian Robert  <Adrian.B.Robert@gmail.com>
+
+	* nsterm.m (ns_read_socket): Remove unused variable.
+
 2009-05-15  Kenichi Handa  <handa@m17n.org>
 
 	* font.c (Ffont_spec): Check arguments.
diff --git a/src/nsterm.m b/src/nsterm.m
index a76b7e70bc9..9ca74e8baf9 100644
--- a/src/nsterm.m
+++ b/src/nsterm.m
@@ -3153,7 +3153,6 @@ overwriting cursor (usually when cursor on a tab) */
 {
   struct input_event ev;
   int nevents;
-  static NSDate *lastCheck = nil;
 
 /* NSTRACE (ns_read_socket); */