diff --git a/common/xdg-app-run.c b/common/xdg-app-run.c
index e622c1eb..d26b8d19 100644
--- a/common/xdg-app-run.c
+++ b/common/xdg-app-run.c
@@ -1062,7 +1062,6 @@ xdg_app_run_add_x11_args (GPtrArray *argv_array)
       const char *display_nr_end = display_nr;
       g_autofree char *d = NULL;
       g_autofree char *tmp_path = NULL;
-      g_autofree char *path = NULL;
       int fd;
       FILE *output;