diff --git a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
index 570718c5fd..c66fd95da2 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/triggerbox.cc
@@ -2547,17 +2547,13 @@ TriggerBox::determine_next_trigger (uint32_t current)
 	 * random number and the probability setting)
 	 */
 
-	int which_follow_action = 0;
-
 	int r = _pcg.rand (100); // 0 .. 99
 	Trigger::FollowAction fa;
 
 	if (r >= all_triggers[current]->follow_action_probability()) {
 		fa = all_triggers[current]->follow_action (0);
-		which_follow_action = 0;
 	} else {
 		fa = all_triggers[current]->follow_action (1);
-		which_follow_action = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* first switch: deal with the "special" cases where we either do