diff --git a/src/r_things.c b/src/r_things.c
index e87fccddd..6cdb39734 100644
--- a/src/r_things.c
+++ b/src/r_things.c
@@ -989,9 +989,7 @@ static void R_DrawVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis)
 static void R_DrawPrecipitationVisSprite(vissprite_t *vis)
 {
 	column_t *column;
-#ifdef RANGECHECK
 	INT32 texturecolumn;
-#endif
 	fixed_t frac;
 	patch_t *patch;
 	INT64 overflow_test;