diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index adcae26ebc..ba94183b15 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-02-18  Markus Deuling  <deuling@de.ibm.com>
+
+	* arch-utils.c (gdbarch_from_bfd): Remove unnecessary {old,new}_gdbarch
+	variables. 
+
 2008-02-15  Markus Deuling  <deuling@de.ibm.com>
 
 	* mips-linux-tdep.c (mips_linux_init_abi): Remove internal error.
diff --git a/gdb/arch-utils.c b/gdb/arch-utils.c
index 92724ecce2..2c8b34b4ac 100644
--- a/gdb/arch-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/arch-utils.c
@@ -454,8 +454,6 @@ gdbarch_update_p (struct gdbarch_info info)
 struct gdbarch *
 gdbarch_from_bfd (bfd *abfd)
 {
-  struct gdbarch *old_gdbarch = current_gdbarch;
-  struct gdbarch *new_gdbarch;
   struct gdbarch_info info;
 
   /* If we call gdbarch_find_by_info without filling in info.abfd,