diff --git a/root/roofit/roofit/benchRooFitBackends.cxx b/root/roofit/roofit/benchRooFitBackends.cxx
index c0e2b3b9..5a4b561e 100644
--- a/root/roofit/roofit/benchRooFitBackends.cxx
+++ b/root/roofit/roofit/benchRooFitBackends.cxx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 int printLevel = 0;
 size_t nEvents = 100000;
 const auto minimizerName = "Minuit2";
-constexpr bool verbose = false;
 
 enum RunConfig_t { runScalar, runCpu, fitScalar, fitCpu, fitCuda };