diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index cbf9a8995da..45febe3d836 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-05-05  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/io/BufferedReader.java (skip): Removed unused
+	variable.
+
 2004-05-05  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* java/awt/FileDialog.java: Import java.io.Serializable explicitly.
diff --git a/libjava/java/io/BufferedReader.java b/libjava/java/io/BufferedReader.java
index 9175d4e89f9..444b66de408 100644
--- a/libjava/java/io/BufferedReader.java
+++ b/libjava/java/io/BufferedReader.java
@@ -533,12 +533,13 @@ public class BufferedReader extends Reader
 	// skip the '\n' for us).  By doing this, we'll have to back up pos.
 	// That's easier than trying to keep track of whether we've skipped
 	// one element or not.
-	int ch;
 	if (pos > limit)
-	  if ((ch = read()) < 0)
-	    return 0;
-	  else
-	    --pos; 
+	  {
+	    if (read() < 0)
+	      return 0;
+	    else
+	      --pos; 
+	  }
 
 	int avail = limit - pos;