diff --git a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
index 2c72379..dd20dc5 100644
--- a/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
+++ b/debuggerd/tombstoned/tombstoned.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@
   CrashArtifact create_temporary_file() const {
     CrashArtifact result;
 
-    std::optional<std::string> path;
     result.fd.reset(openat(dir_fd_, ".", O_WRONLY | O_APPEND | O_TMPFILE | O_CLOEXEC, 0660));
     if (result.fd == -1) {
       PLOG(FATAL) << "failed to create temporary tombstone in " << dir_path_;