diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 960f8968..28b74f90 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-19  Joel E. Denny  <jdenny@ces.clemson.edu>
+
+	* src/scan-gram.l: Remove unused declaration of last_string_1 so the
+	build succeeds when configured with --enable-gcc-warnings.
+
 2006-06-19  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	* src/parse-gram.y (char_name): New function.
diff --git a/src/scan-gram.l b/src/scan-gram.l
index 1af1fac6..61545cbb 100644
--- a/src/scan-gram.l
+++ b/src/scan-gram.l
@@ -361,7 +361,6 @@ splice	 (\\[ \f\t\v]*\n)*
 <SC_ESCAPED_CHARACTER>
 {
   "'" {
-    unsigned char last_string_1;
     STRING_GROW;
     STRING_FINISH;
     loc->start = token_start;