diff --git a/libcpp/ChangeLog b/libcpp/ChangeLog
index 842f834aff1..45ff6ca2d89 100644
--- a/libcpp/ChangeLog
+++ b/libcpp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-05-24  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
+
+	PR bootstrap/53459
+	* lex.c (search_line_fast): Remove unused typedef check_count.
+
 2012-05-16  Dodji Seketeli  <dodji@redhat.com>
 
 	PR preprocessor/7263
diff --git a/libcpp/lex.c b/libcpp/lex.c
index c4dd6035c9b..2ebbee967c2 100644
--- a/libcpp/lex.c
+++ b/libcpp/lex.c
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ search_line_fast (const uchar *s, const uchar *end ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
   {
 #define N  (sizeof(vc) / sizeof(long))
 
-    typedef char check_count[(N == 2 || N == 4) * 2 - 1];
     union {
       vc v;
       unsigned long l[N];