diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/DebugUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/DebugUtil.cpp
index b930969daa..8157567268 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/DebugUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/DebugUtil.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 namespace DebugUtil
 {
 
-static u32 skipFrames = 0;
 static bool drawingHwTriangles = false;
 
 enum { NumObjectBuffers = 40};