Index: trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/CheckHost.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/CheckHost.c	(revision 25872)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/opihi/pcontrol/CheckHost.c	(revision 34088)
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
 int CheckHostResponse (Host *host) {
   
-  IOBuffer *buffer;
-
   /* we only check IDLE hosts without jobs */
   ASSERT (host, "missing host");
-  buffer = &host[0].comms_buffer;
 
   // XXX check on the value of the response? (OK)
