diff --git a/usr.sbin/ppp/physical.c b/usr.sbin/ppp/physical.c
index 4083aa93eac6..e2892aebcc0f 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ppp/physical.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ppp/physical.c
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ iov2physical(struct datalink *dl, struct iovec *iov, int *niov, int maxiov,
              int fd, int *auxfd, int *nauxfd)
 {
   struct physical *p;
-  int len, type;
+  int type;
   unsigned h;
 
   p = (struct physical *)iov[(*niov)++].iov_base;
@@ -598,7 +598,6 @@ iov2physical(struct datalink *dl, struct iovec *iov, int *niov, int maxiov,
   p->desc.Write = physical_DescriptorWrite;
   p->type = PHYS_DIRECT;
   p->dl = dl;
-  len = strlen(_PATH_DEV);
   p->out = NULL;
   p->connect_count = 1;