diff --git a/console/yap.c b/console/yap.c
index d5637f18a..d2a66ac88 100644
--- a/console/yap.c
+++ b/console/yap.c
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ static void PROTO(exec_top_level,(int, YAP_init_args *));
 static int output_msg;
 #endif
 
-static char BootFile[] = "boot.yap";
-
 #ifdef lint
 /* VARARGS1 */
 #endif