diff --git a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
index 001abce8c3..b7462e255c 100644
--- a/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
+++ b/src/backends/drm/drm_pipeline.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ DrmPipeline::Error DrmPipeline::commitPipelinesAtomic(const QVector<DrmPipeline
     for (const auto &unused : unusedObjects) {
         unused->disable(commit.get());
     }
-    const auto gpu = pipelines[0]->gpu();
     switch (mode) {
     case CommitMode::TestAllowModeset: {
         if (!commit->testAllowModeset()) {