diff --git a/frontend/menu/disp/rmenu_xui.cpp b/frontend/menu/disp/rmenu_xui.cpp
index a240486fc9..aa039de36e 100644
--- a/frontend/menu/disp/rmenu_xui.cpp
+++ b/frontend/menu/disp/rmenu_xui.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ CREATE_CLASS(CRetroArchMain, L"RetroArchMain");
 CRetroArch app;
 
 wchar_t strw_buffer[PATH_MAX];
-char str_buffer[PATH_MAX];
 
 /* Register custom classes */
 HRESULT CRetroArch::RegisterXuiClasses (void)