diff --git a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp
index ce7644aaca0313e3bb202a5580e1c019c313bcf6..edf475366b25d8e32efe06d80fbf4830cda80255 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp
@@ -129,11 +129,6 @@ static const XMLCh  gXMLDecl_VersionInfo[] =
     chLatin_n,   chEqual,    chDoubleQuote, chNull
 };
 
-static const XMLCh gXMLDecl_ver10[] =
-{
-    chDigit_1, chPeriod, chDigit_0, chNull
-};
-
 //encoding="
 static const XMLCh  gXMLDecl_EncodingDecl[] =
 {