--- JSON-XS/XS.xs	2009/09/05 23:00:56	1.100
+++ JSON-XS/XS.xs	2009/09/08 18:00:03	1.101
@@ -951,11 +951,10 @@
           else if (ch >= 0x80)
             {
               STRLEN clen;
-              UV uch;
 
               --dec_cur;
 
-              uch = decode_utf8 (dec_cur, dec->end - dec_cur, &clen);
+              decode_utf8 (dec_cur, dec->end - dec_cur, &clen);
               if (clen == (STRLEN)-1)
                 ERR ("malformed UTF-8 character in JSON string");