diff --git a/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/distance.cpp b/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/distance.cpp
index b1daae06b4e..6c38bfacf70 100644
--- a/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/distance.cpp
+++ b/BGL/examples/BGL_polyhedron_3/distance.cpp
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ typedef boost::graph_traits<Polyhedron>::vertex_iterator   vertex_iterator;
 
 int main() {
 
-  int i=0;
-  
   Polyhedron P;
   
   std::ifstream in("cube.off");