diff --git a/lib/roken/simple_exec.c b/lib/roken/simple_exec.c
index e0aa1ba08..6ec2e98d0 100644
--- a/lib/roken/simple_exec.c
+++ b/lib/roken/simple_exec.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1998 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1998 - 2001 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ pipe_execv(FILE **stdin_fd, FILE **stdout_fd, FILE **stderr_fd,
     pid_t pid;
     va_list ap;
     char **argv;
-    int ret;
 
     if(stdin_fd != NULL)
 	pipe(in_fd);