diff --git a/src/libImaging/TgaRleDecode.c b/src/libImaging/TgaRleDecode.c
index 77248d145..df430c940 100644
--- a/src/libImaging/TgaRleDecode.c
+++ b/src/libImaging/TgaRleDecode.c
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ int
 ImagingTgaRleDecode(Imaging im, ImagingCodecState state, UINT8 *buf, Py_ssize_t bytes) {
     int n, depth;
     UINT8 *ptr;
-    UINT8 extra_data = 0;
     int extra_bytes = 0;
 
     ptr = buf;
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ ImagingTgaRleDecode(Imaging im, ImagingCodecState state, UINT8 *buf, Py_ssize_t
                 extra_bytes = n; /* full value */
                 n = state->bytes - state->x;
                 extra_bytes -= n;
-                extra_data = ptr[1];
             }
 
             memcpy(state->buffer + state->x, ptr + 1, n);