diff --git a/Modules/_localemodule.c b/Modules/_localemodule.c
index d90a49d..fa6ab8f 100644
--- a/Modules/_localemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_localemodule.c
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@
     wchar_t *s, *buf = NULL;
     size_t n1, n2;
     PyObject *result = NULL;
+#ifndef HAVE_USABLE_WCHAR_T
     Py_ssize_t i;
+#endif
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "u#:strxfrm", &s0, &n0))
         return NULL;