diff --git a/src/render_term.cpp b/src/render_term.cpp
index 90177ed..6e149f9 100644
--- a/src/render_term.cpp
+++ b/src/render_term.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ String8 render_range_to_string(Arena *arena, App_State &app, u64 len, u64 n_cols
   buf_size += 2; // two newlines before legend
   buf_size += legend.size;
   buf_size += 1; // trailing zero
-  u64 arena_start_pos = arena_pos(arena);
   char *buf = arena_push_array_nozero<char>(arena, buf_size);
   buf[len] = 0;