diff --git a/src/hci.c b/src/hci.c
index 0fff78ff6..c88a72407 100644
--- a/src/hci.c
+++ b/src/hci.c
@@ -5085,7 +5085,6 @@ static bool hci_run_general_pending_commands(void){
 static void hci_run(void){
 
     // stack state sub statemachines
-    hci_connection_t *connection;
     switch (hci_stack->state) {
         case HCI_STATE_INITIALIZING:
             hci_initializing_run();