diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index 9cad0ce1a491..ae622747e47b 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-06-05  Eric Christopher  <echristo@redhat.com>
+
+	* config/mips/mips.c (mips_rtx_costs): Remove unused variable.
+
 2005-06-05  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@bitrange.com>
 
 	PR target/21914
diff --git a/gcc/config/mips/mips.c b/gcc/config/mips/mips.c
index 155682aa624e..c9ec48de352f 100644
--- a/gcc/config/mips/mips.c
+++ b/gcc/config/mips/mips.c
@@ -2307,9 +2307,6 @@ mips_rtx_costs (rtx x, int code, int outer_code, int *total)
   enum machine_mode mode = GET_MODE (x);
   bool float_mode_p = FLOAT_MODE_P (mode);
 
-  /* To be used for soft-float costs.  */
-  int max_cost = COSTS_N_INSNS (256);
-
   switch (code)
     {
     case CONST_INT: