diff --git a/sflphone-common/test/instantmessagingtest.cpp b/sflphone-common/test/instantmessagingtest.cpp
index fb0f49308e57d00641e5906c2632c001d5ef4bac..da8047a4bb19637e051c392a35b2831f4e685df7 100644
--- a/sflphone-common/test/instantmessagingtest.cpp
+++ b/sflphone-common/test/instantmessagingtest.cpp
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ static void XMLCALL startElementCallback(void *userData, const char *name, const
     char value[50];
 
     const char **att;
-    const char **val; 
     for (att = atts; *att; att += 2) {
 
 	const char **val = att+1;