diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 811b99c4b4..df72ede1c5 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -3244,7 +3244,6 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_cores(
    bool filter_ext              = true;
    struct string_list *str_list = NULL;
    unsigned items_found         = 0;
-   settings_t *settings         = config_get_ptr();
 
    if (!*info->path)
    {