diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index f5684cf579..af59de3659 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-05-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* config/obj-coff.c (weak_uniquify): Delete unused var.
+
 2016-05-13  Trevor Saunders  <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
 
 	* app.c (app_push): Use XNEW and related macros.
diff --git a/gas/config/obj-coff.c b/gas/config/obj-coff.c
index 24f22b590e..b3bafeeba3 100644
--- a/gas/config/obj-coff.c
+++ b/gas/config/obj-coff.c
@@ -1097,7 +1097,6 @@ weak_altname2name (const char * name)
 static const char *
 weak_uniquify (const char * name)
 {
-  char *ret;
   const char * unique = "";
 
 #ifdef TE_PE