--- rxvt-unicode/src/perl/tabbed	2011/11/20 11:09:22	1.27
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/perl/tabbed	2012/01/06 14:06:52	1.28
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
 sub new_tab {
    my ($self, @argv) = @_;
 
-   my $offset = $self->fheight;
-
    # save a backlink to us, make sure tabbed is inactive
    push @urxvt::TERM_INIT, sub {
       my ($term) = @_;