diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerprotocol.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerprotocol.cpp
index 09bd76073c1..0bf60c3a4f5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerprotocol.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/debuggerprotocol.cpp
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ void GdbMi::parseTuple_helper(DebuggerOutputParser &parser)
 {
     parser.skipCommas();
     //qDebug() << "parseTuple_helper: " << parser.buffer();
-    QString buf = parser.buffer();
     m_type = Tuple;
     while (!parser.isAtEnd()) {
         if (parser.isCurrent('}')) {