diff --git a/DDCore/src/Primitives.cpp b/DDCore/src/Primitives.cpp
index 13ee2367e38e53d51ba3172f2c3cf1f299ecd07d..9036bfaaef5a3183011f8fd071badd01f19fd50e 100644
--- a/DDCore/src/Primitives.cpp
+++ b/DDCore/src/Primitives.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ static inline uint64_t murmur_hash_64 ( const void * key, int len)  {
 
 	uint64 h = seed ^ (len * m);
 
-	const uint64 * data = (const uint64 *)key;
 	const uint64 * end = data + (len/8);
 
 	while(data != end)