diff --git a/Objects/weakrefobject.c b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
index 72ecdd07a88..d0a09d5b0ed 100644
--- a/Objects/weakrefobject.c
+++ b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ weakref_hash(PyWeakReference *self)
 static PyObject *
 weakref_repr(PyWeakReference *self)
 {
-    char buffer[256];
     PyObject *name, *repr;
 
     if (PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self) == Py_None)