diff --git a/mxqd.c b/mxqd.c
index 7623d54..5f0aaa6 100644
--- a/mxqd.c
+++ b/mxqd.c
@@ -1513,7 +1513,6 @@ long start_user_with_least_running_global_slot_count(struct mxq_server *server)
     struct mxq_user_list *ulist;
     unsigned long slots_started = 0;
     unsigned long slots_free;
-    unsigned long global_slots_per_user;
     int waiting = 0;
     unsigned long df_scratch;
 
@@ -1528,8 +1527,6 @@ long start_user_with_least_running_global_slot_count(struct mxq_server *server)
     if (!slots_free)
         return 0;
 
-    global_slots_per_user = server->global_slots_running / server->user_cnt;
-
     df_scratch=mx_df(MXQ_JOB_TMPDIR_FS "/.");
 
     for (ulist = server->users; ulist; ulist = ulist->next) {