diff --git a/Python/marshal.c b/Python/marshal.c
index 4c0f088..175ac0e 100644
--- a/Python/marshal.c
+++ b/Python/marshal.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@
 {
 	/* NULL is a valid return value, it does not necessarily means that
 	   an exception is set. */
-	PyObject *v, *v2, *v3;
+	PyObject *v, *v2;
 	long i, n;
 	int type = r_byte(p);
 	PyObject *retval;