diff --git a/tools/bpf/runqslower/runqslower.bpf.c b/tools/bpf/runqslower/runqslower.bpf.c
index 9a5c1f008fe6..fced54a3adf6 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/runqslower/runqslower.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/runqslower/runqslower.bpf.c
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ int handle__sched_switch(u64 *ctx)
 	struct task_struct *next = (struct task_struct *)ctx[2];
 	struct runq_event event = {};
 	u64 *tsp, delta_us;
-	long state;
 	u32 pid;
 
 	/* ivcsw: treat like an enqueue event and store timestamp */