diff --git a/include/QF/screen.h b/include/QF/screen.h
index d55fbd8c7..ed1f81d61 100644
--- a/include/QF/screen.h
+++ b/include/QF/screen.h
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ extern float		scr_con_current;
 
 extern int			sb_lines;
 
-extern int			clearnotify;	// set to 0 whenever notify text is drawn
 extern qboolean		scr_disabled_for_loading;
 extern qboolean		scr_skipupdate;
 extern qboolean		hudswap;
diff --git a/libs/console/client.c b/libs/console/client.c
index edbfa1173..98645bc66 100644
--- a/libs/console/client.c
+++ b/libs/console/client.c
@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@ draw_console (view_t *view)
 static void
 draw_say (view_t *view)
 {
-	clearnotify = 0;
 	r_data->scr_copytop = 1;
 
 	if (chat_team) {
@@ -715,7 +714,6 @@ draw_notify (view_t *view)
 			continue;
 		text = con->text + (i % con_totallines) * con_linewidth;
 
-		clearnotify = 0;
 		r_data->scr_copytop = 1;
 
 		r_funcs->Draw_nString (x, y, text, con_linewidth);
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/r_screen.c b/libs/video/renderer/r_screen.c
index 981ebd840..d7c4881fc 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/r_screen.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/r_screen.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ qpic_t     *scr_turtle;
 int         scr_fullupdate;
 
 int         clearconsole;
-int         clearnotify;
 
 viddef_t    vid;						// global video state