diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1734b262..6fd445eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-11-06  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+	* src/vipw.c: Remove unused variable a.
+
 2011-11-06  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
 	* man/generate_mans.mak: The xml-config files do not depend on the
diff --git a/src/vipw.c b/src/vipw.c
index 4e97e831..5a2ce3a4 100644
--- a/src/vipw.c
+++ b/src/vipw.c
@@ -413,7 +413,6 @@ vipwedit (const char *file, int (*file_lock) (void), int (*file_unlock) (void))
 int main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	bool editshadow = false;
-	char *a;
 	bool do_vipw;
 
 	Prog = Basename (argv[0]);