diff --git a/src/newgrp.c b/src/newgrp.c
index e3c44e14..76f3ce7b 100644
--- a/src/newgrp.c
+++ b/src/newgrp.c
@@ -445,7 +445,6 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
 	Prog = Basename (argv[0]);
 	is_newgrp = (strcmp (Prog, "newgrp") == 0);
 	OPENLOG (is_newgrp ? "newgrp" : "sg");
-	gid = getgid ();
 	argc--;
 	argv++;