diff --git a/common/xdg-app-utils.c b/common/xdg-app-utils.c
index 994c4071..767779bf 100644
--- a/common/xdg-app-utils.c
+++ b/common/xdg-app-utils.c
@@ -2341,7 +2341,6 @@ xdg_app_bundle_load (GFile *file,
   g_autoptr(GVariant) metadata = NULL;
   g_autoptr(GBytes) bytes = NULL;
   g_autoptr(GVariant) to_csum_v = NULL;
-  g_autoptr(GVariant) gpg_value = NULL;
 
   GMappedFile *mfile = g_mapped_file_new (gs_file_get_path_cached (file), FALSE, error);