diff --git a/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c b/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
index cefddfe..7e7619c 100644
--- a/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
+++ b/plugins/pyerl/pyerl.c
@@ -301,11 +301,10 @@ PyObject *pyerl_sr(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 void pyerl_call_registered(void *func, ei_x_buff *x) {
 
 	PyObject *pyargs = PyTuple_New(1);
-        PyObject *ret;
 
 	PyTuple_SetItem(pyargs, 0, erl_to_py(x));
 	
-        ret = python_call((PyObject *) func, pyargs, 0);
+        python_call((PyObject *) func, pyargs, 0);
 }
 
 PyObject *pyerl_register_process(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {