diff --git a/tools/clang-format/ClangFormat.cpp b/tools/clang-format/ClangFormat.cpp
index 9334bb5e8ed69f20267e5419f243d9a17b367825..e08aa2d5b8d63d097f2ea4b2e8aee4ef303ea448 100644
--- a/tools/clang-format/ClangFormat.cpp
+++ b/tools/clang-format/ClangFormat.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@
 
 using namespace llvm;
 
-// Fallback style when no style specified or found in a .clang-format file.
-static const char FallbackStyle[] = "LLVM";
-
 static cl::opt<bool> Help("h", cl::desc("Alias for -help"), cl::Hidden);
 
 // Mark all our options with this category, everything else (except for -version