diff --git a/qtfs/rexec/rexec_shim.c b/qtfs/rexec/rexec_shim.c
index 5bd8a19980d9d9426c4f54329ed04ae21119ff82..6c62d3de905c7493dfa2808f536c69d55297e719 100644
--- a/qtfs/rexec/rexec_shim.c
+++ b/qtfs/rexec/rexec_shim.c
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ void rshim_reg_file_resume(const char * const json_buf)
 	struct json_object *obj_offset;
 	int fd, perm, offset;
 	const char *path = NULL;
-	int curfd = 3; // begin from 3
 	struct json_object *fd_json = json_tokener_parse(json_buf);
 	if (fd_json == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "parse json error\n");