diff --git a/qt5/src/ArthurOutputDev.cc b/qt5/src/ArthurOutputDev.cc
index 3eec3eb..faa6407 100644
--- a/qt5/src/ArthurOutputDev.cc
+++ b/qt5/src/ArthurOutputDev.cc
@@ -844,7 +844,6 @@
     }
 
     // set the color
-    GfxRGB rgb;
     shading->getColorSpace()->getRGB(&color1, &rgb);
     qColor.setRgb(colToByte(rgb.r), colToByte(rgb.g), colToByte(rgb.b));
     gradient.setColorAt((ta[j] - tMin)/(tMax - tMin), qColor);