diff --git a/src/android.c b/src/android.c
index 3c96867a6b5..4b673269407 100644
--- a/src/android.c
+++ b/src/android.c
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ NATIVE_NAME (setEmacsParams) (JNIEnv *env, jobject object,
 
   int pipefd[2];
   pthread_t thread;
-  const char *java_string, *tem;
+  const char *java_string;
   struct stat statb;
 
 #ifdef THREADS_ENABLED