diff --git a/src/EW.C b/src/EW.C
index 33863f22..7f3375db 100644
--- a/src/EW.C
+++ b/src/EW.C
@@ -7238,7 +7238,6 @@ void EW::extractTopographyFromGMG( std::string a_topoFileName )
   start_time = MPI_Wtime();
 #ifdef USE_HDF5
   int verbose = mVerbose;
-  std::string rname ="EW::extractTopographyFromGMG";
   Sarray gridElev;
   herr_t ierr;
   hid_t file_id, dataset_id, datatype_id, group_id, dataspace_id;