diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 5efae574d9..bf3166be8a 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-02-02  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
+
+	* bfdio.c (real_fopen): Remove unused vms_modes variable.
+
 2012-02-02  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>
 
 	* mach-o.c (bfd_mach_o_read_header): Silent uninitialized
diff --git a/bfd/bfdio.c b/bfd/bfdio.c
index 6f8a7c9b84..43a7684d7b 100644
--- a/bfd/bfdio.c
+++ b/bfd/bfdio.c
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ FILE *
 real_fopen (const char *filename, const char *modes)
 {
 #ifdef VMS
-  char vms_modes[4];
   char *vms_attr;
 
   /* On VMS, fopen allows file attributes as optionnal arguments.