diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
index 199424600..00205bc72 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
@@ -1728,7 +1728,6 @@ const std::string &V4L2Subdevice::model()
 	std::regex i2cRegex{ " [0-9]+-[0-9a-f]{4}" };
 	std::smatch match;
 
-	std::string model;
 	if (std::regex_search(entityName, match, i2cRegex))
 		model_ = entityName.substr(0, entityName.find(' '));
 	else