diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/TextureConverter.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/TextureConverter.cpp
index cc9f348743..1e013a4d39 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/TextureConverter.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/TextureConverter.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,6 @@ int EncodeToRamFromTexture(u32 address,GLuint source_texture, bool bFromZBuffer,
 
 	u16 blkW = TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(format) - 1;
 	u16 blkH = TexDecoder_GetBlockHeightInTexels(format) - 1;
-	u16 samples = TextureConversionShader::GetEncodedSampleCount(format);
 
 	// only copy on cache line boundaries
 	// extra pixels are copied but not displayed in the resulting texture