diff --git a/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc b/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc
index 023b9b186e818d10a92794808eef8b5106c0fdb2..f3ac9850a9b08eeaecb396f4c7140677fed9eb9c 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/perspective.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ QMenuBar* Perspective::GetMenuBar()
 
 QMenu* Perspective::GetMenu(const QString& name)
 {
-  QMenu* menu=NULL;
   QList<QAction *> actions=menu_bar_->actions();
   for (QList<QAction*>::iterator i=actions.begin(),
        e=actions.end(); i!=e; ++i) {