diff --git a/dtc-lexer.l b/dtc-lexer.l
index 15d585c..1b129b1 100644
--- a/dtc-lexer.l
+++ b/dtc-lexer.l
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ extern bool treesource_error;
 #define DPRINT(fmt, ...)	do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
-static int dts_version = 1;
-
 #define BEGIN_DEFAULT()		DPRINT("<V1>\n"); \
 				BEGIN(V1); \
 
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ static void PRINTF(1, 2) lexical_error(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 <*>"/dts-v1/"	{
 			DPRINT("Keyword: /dts-v1/\n");
-			dts_version = 1;
 			BEGIN_DEFAULT();
 			return DT_V1;
 		}