diff --git a/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c b/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
index 35f504e4805..4b9b93008ff 100644
--- a/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
+++ b/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ static apr_status_t php_server_context_cleanup(void *data_)
 
 static int php_apache_request_ctor(request_rec *r, php_struct *ctx TSRMLS_DC)
 {
-	char *content_type;
 	char *content_length;
 	const char *auth;