diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 4fcb683..c4de8ad 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 
 #include "gmqcc.h"
 
-opts_cmd_t   opts; /* command line options */
 static void loaderror(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     int     err = errno;