diff --git a/libiberty/argv.c b/libiberty/argv.c
index 1a18b4d886666907bdafad2c16f00f8a520557e3..c2823d3e4ba85121a3240aff63fdaf4f2679d906 100644
--- a/libiberty/argv.c
+++ b/libiberty/argv.c
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ non-zero if an error occurred while writing to FILE.
 int
 writeargv (char * const *argv, FILE *f)
 {
-  int status = 0;
-
   if (f == NULL)
     return 1;
 
@@ -333,7 +331,7 @@ writeargv (char * const *argv, FILE *f)
       argv++;
     }
 
-  return status;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 /*