diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 50e2676d6..d7e69519b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-08-08  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	[type42] Minor clean-up.
+
+	* src/type42/t42parse.c (t42_parse_font_matrix): Remove unused
+	variable.
+
 2015-08-06  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
 
 	[type42] Parse FontMatrix according to specifications.
diff --git a/src/type42/t42parse.c b/src/type42/t42parse.c
index 66107f3b9..f0dfde8d3 100644
--- a/src/type42/t42parse.c
+++ b/src/type42/t42parse.c
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
     T42_Parser  parser = &loader->parser;
     FT_Matrix*  matrix = &face->type1.font_matrix;
     FT_Vector*  offset = &face->type1.font_offset;
-    FT_Face     root   = (FT_Face)&face->root;
     FT_Fixed    temp[6];
     FT_Fixed    temp_scale;
     FT_Int      result;