diff --git a/src/flb_input_chunk.c b/src/flb_input_chunk.c
index 35bfde75ba7..618f789c55d 100644
--- a/src/flb_input_chunk.c
+++ b/src/flb_input_chunk.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,6 @@ static struct flb_input_chunk *input_chunk_get(struct flb_input_instance *in,
     int new_chunk = FLB_FALSE;
     size_t out_size;
     struct flb_input_chunk *ic = NULL;
-    size_t expected_chunk_size;
 
     if (tag_len > FLB_INPUT_CHUNK_TAG_MAX) {
         flb_plg_warn(in,