diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
index efb8fddbc39..485bf4b8e7f 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_utilcmd.c
@@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ static void
 transformOfType(CreateStmtContext *cxt, TypeName *ofTypename)
 {
 	HeapTuple	tuple;
-	Form_pg_type typ;
 	TupleDesc	tupdesc;
 	int			i;
 	Oid			ofTypeId;
@@ -854,7 +853,6 @@ transformOfType(CreateStmtContext *cxt, TypeName *ofTypename)
 
 	tuple = typenameType(NULL, ofTypename, NULL);
 	check_of_type(tuple);
-	typ = (Form_pg_type) GETSTRUCT(tuple);
 	ofTypeId = HeapTupleGetOid(tuple);
 	ofTypename->typeOid = ofTypeId;		/* cached for later */