diff --git a/picoquictest/tls_api_test.c b/picoquictest/tls_api_test.c
index 48c7ebe4a13fe358076812319dae82e4bf2769b3..90f846b28cbcac1007e3964f1307225266b55384 100644
--- a/picoquictest/tls_api_test.c
+++ b/picoquictest/tls_api_test.c
@@ -1266,7 +1266,6 @@ int tls_api_one_scenario_init(
     uint32_t proposed_version,
     picoquic_tp_t * client_params, picoquic_tp_t * server_params)
 {
-    uint64_t loss_mask = 0;
     int ret = tls_api_init_ctx(p_test_ctx,
         (proposed_version == 0) ? PICOQUIC_INTERNAL_TEST_VERSION_1 : proposed_version,
         PICOQUIC_TEST_SNI, PICOQUIC_TEST_ALPN, simulated_time, NULL, 0, 1, 0);