diff --git a/plugins/datetime/system-timezone.c b/plugins/datetime/system-timezone.c
index ace76f3..b47f661 100644
--- a/plugins/datetime/system-timezone.c
+++ b/plugins/datetime/system-timezone.c
@@ -754,7 +754,6 @@ system_timezone_is_zone_file_valid (const char  *zone_file,
 {
         GError     *our_error;
         GIOChannel *channel;
-        GIOStatus   status;
         char        buffer[strlen (TZ_MAGIC)];
         gsize       read;
 
@@ -781,9 +780,9 @@ system_timezone_is_zone_file_valid (const char  *zone_file,
         our_error = NULL;
         channel = g_io_channel_new_file (zone_file, "r", &our_error);
         if (!our_error)
-                status = g_io_channel_read_chars (channel,
-                                                  buffer, strlen (TZ_MAGIC),
-                                                  &read, &our_error);
+                g_io_channel_read_chars (channel,
+                                         buffer, strlen (TZ_MAGIC),
+                                         &read, &our_error);
         if (channel)
                 g_io_channel_unref (channel);
 
