diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 6f8374028c..1a7f4a34ce 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -160,7 +160,6 @@ int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *ia);
 
 const char *bios_dir = CONFIG_QEMU_SHAREDIR;
 const char *bios_name = NULL;
-char phys_ram_file[1024];
 void *ioport_opaque[MAX_IOPORTS];
 IOPortReadFunc *ioport_read_table[3][MAX_IOPORTS];
 IOPortWriteFunc *ioport_write_table[3][MAX_IOPORTS];