diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
index 63437cb2c..8b20d22ba 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/render/pagedworldspacewidget.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 bool CSVRender::PagedWorldspaceWidget::adjustCells()
 {
     bool modified = false;
-    bool wasEmpty = mCells.empty();
 
     const CSMWorld::IdCollection<CSMWorld::Cell>& cells = mDocument.getData().getCells();