diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8f91c88..630cabe 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@
     language: 'cpp',
 )
 
-cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
-
 build_tests = get_option('tests')
 gpiodcxx = dependency(
     'libgpiodcxx',