diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 1f636e0dde6..938619aa08f 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2011-03-29  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
+	* window.c (shrink_windows): Omit unused local var.
 	* menu.c (digest_single_submenu): Omit unused local var.
 	* dispnew.c (update_window) [PERIODIC_PREEMPTION_CHECKING]:
 	Omit unused local var.
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index 9ab9fab2c13..b7747b5ad79 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -2978,14 +2978,10 @@ shrink_windows (int total, int size, int nchildren, int shrinkable,
   while (total_shrink > total_removed)
     {
       int nonzero_sizes = 0;
-      int nonzero_idx = -1;
 
       for (i = 0; i < nchildren; ++i)
         if (new_sizes[i] > 0)
-          {
-            ++nonzero_sizes;
-            nonzero_idx = i;
-          }
+	  ++nonzero_sizes;
 
       for (i = 0; i < nchildren; ++i)
         if (new_sizes[i] > min_sizes[i])