diff --git a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderBMS.cpp b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderBMS.cpp
index 84125cadc4..9fd53b1302 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderBMS.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/NotesLoaderBMS.cpp
@@ -924,8 +924,6 @@ bool BMSLoader::LoadFromDir( CString sDir, Song &out )
 		CString sTag;
 		if( GetTagFromMap( aBMSData[i], "#title", sTag ) && sTag.GetLength() != commonSubstrLen )
 		{
-			int tagSubstrLen = sTag.GetLength() - commonSubstrLen;
-
 			sTag = sTag.substr( commonSubstrLen, sTag.GetLength() - commonSubstrLen );
 			sTag.ToLower();