diff --git a/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template b/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template
index 4c999fbce65..8f2cfed3a32 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sv-helper/template
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ rsvlog_homedir="/var/log"
 rsvlog_descr="User for logging"
 
 do_extract() {
-	local f curfile
 	mkdir -p ${wrksrc}
 	tar x --strip-components=1 -f ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz -C ${wrksrc}
 }