diff --git a/src/gui/styles/qstylehelper.cpp b/src/gui/styles/qstylehelper.cpp
index 1a9f8f0a1..19d9963dd 100644
--- a/src/gui/styles/qstylehelper.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/styles/qstylehelper.cpp
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ void drawDial(const QStyleOptionSlider *option, QPainter *painter)
     buttonColor.setHsv(buttonColor .hue(),
                        qMin(140, buttonColor .saturation()),
                        qMax(180, buttonColor.value()));
-    QColor shadowColor(0, 0, 0, 20);
 
     if (enabled) {
         // Drop shadow