diff --git a/Utilities/otbossim/src/ossim/version-config.cpp b/Utilities/otbossim/src/ossim/version-config.cpp
index d3a8257d17f3e019cfbfee96248cc7ceb3b5e339..7355c8ab8924a8bdedad72957a1fe34551c5ef02 100644
--- a/Utilities/otbossim/src/ossim/version-config.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/otbossim/src/ossim/version-config.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
    std::string releaseVersion = "0";
    std::string::size_type pos1 = std::string::npos;
    std::string::size_type pos2 = std::string::npos;
-   std::string::size_type pos3 = std::string::npos;
    
    pos1 = versionNumber.find(".", 0);
    if(pos1 != std::string::npos)