diff --git a/src/WaveClip.cpp b/src/WaveClip.cpp
index ad59a8954..95a50d5ac 100644
--- a/src/WaveClip.cpp
+++ b/src/WaveClip.cpp
@@ -964,7 +964,6 @@ void SpecCache::Populate
    // FFT length may be longer than the window of samples that affect results
    // because of zero padding done for increased frequency resolution
    const int fftLen = windowSize * zeroPaddingFactor;
-   const int padding = (windowSize * (zeroPaddingFactor - 1)) / 2;
 
    std::vector<float> buffer(
 #ifdef EXPERIMENTAL_FFT_SKIP_POINTS