diff --git a/bin/feedGnuplot b/bin/feedGnuplot
index 1ab0597..d1a8058 100755
--- a/bin/feedGnuplot
+++ b/bin/feedGnuplot
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ my %curveIndices = ();
 
 # now start the data acquisition and plotting threads
 my $dataQueue;
-my $xwindow;
 
 my $streamingFinished : shared = undef;
 if($options{stream})