diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d195f4af1d..20c4b4c5ad 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-08-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf_decode_lines_1): Delete local "column", unused.
+
 2014-08-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* dwarf2read.c (dwarf_decode_lines_1): Delete local basic_block,
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf2read.c b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
index 7f183a7246..756d65baf2 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf2read.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf2read.c
@@ -17203,7 +17203,6 @@ dwarf_decode_lines_1 (struct line_header *lh, const char *comp_dir,
       CORE_ADDR address = 0;
       unsigned int file = 1;
       unsigned int line = 1;
-      unsigned int column = 0;
       int is_stmt = lh->default_is_stmt;
       int end_sequence = 0;
       CORE_ADDR addr;
@@ -17408,7 +17407,7 @@ dwarf_decode_lines_1 (struct line_header *lh, const char *comp_dir,
               }
 	      break;
 	    case DW_LNS_set_column:
-	      column = read_unsigned_leb128 (abfd, line_ptr, &bytes_read);
+	      (void) read_unsigned_leb128 (abfd, line_ptr, &bytes_read);
 	      line_ptr += bytes_read;
 	      break;
 	    case DW_LNS_negate_stmt: