diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 1de2f2649..f6c4305fb 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-11-08  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* sigproc.cc (proc_subproc): Delete unused variable child.
+
 2012-11-08  Christopher Faylor  <me.cygwin2012@cgf.cx>
 
 	* fhandler_termios.cc (fhandler_termios::line_edit): Don't do special
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
index 091461476..e9a963cfc 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/sigproc.cc
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ proc_subproc (DWORD what, DWORD val)
 {
   int rc = 1;
   int potential_match;
-  _pinfo *child;
   int clearing;
   waitq *w;