diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i915/intel_screen.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i915/intel_screen.c
index 296df16507e..b3199b152db 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i915/intel_screen.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i915/intel_screen.c
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ DRI_CONF_END
 
 #include "i915_drm.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_NEW_INTERFACE
-static PFNGLXCREATECONTEXTMODES create_context_modes = NULL;
-#endif /*USE_NEW_INTERFACE */
-
 /**
  * For debugging purposes, this returns a time in seconds.
  */
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
index b5b0294c8a0..34bda9f9a35 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/intel_screen.c
@@ -105,10 +105,6 @@ DRI_CONF_END
 
 #include "i915_drm.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_NEW_INTERFACE
-static PFNGLXCREATECONTEXTMODES create_context_modes = NULL;
-#endif /*USE_NEW_INTERFACE */
-
 /**
  * For debugging purposes, this returns a time in seconds.
  */