diff --git a/src/sds.c b/src/sds.c
index 2ec3aa733..1a590c84b 100644
--- a/src/sds.c
+++ b/src/sds.c
@@ -745,10 +745,10 @@ sds sdscatfmt(sds s, char const *fmt, ...) {
  * Output will be just "HelloWorld".
  */
 sds sdstrim(sds s, const char *cset) {
-    char *start, *end, *sp, *ep;
+    char *end, *sp, *ep;
     size_t len;
 
-    sp = start = s;
+    sp = s;
     ep = end = s+sdslen(s)-1;
     while(sp <= end && strchr(cset, *sp)) sp++;
     while(ep > sp && strchr(cset, *ep)) ep--;