diff --git a/remotefilelog/ctreemanifest/py-treemanifest.cpp b/remotefilelog/ctreemanifest/py-treemanifest.cpp
index 9b2f993ef9..6c776bc768 100644
--- a/remotefilelog/ctreemanifest/py-treemanifest.cpp
+++ b/remotefilelog/ctreemanifest/py-treemanifest.cpp
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ static PyObject *treemanifest_find(PyObject *o, PyObject *args) {
   std::string resultnode;
   char resultflag;
   try {
-    std::string rootpath;
     _treemanifest_find(
         std::string(filename, filenamelen),
         self->tm.rootNode,