diff --git a/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dbcache.c b/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dbcache.c
index fb6472e5257dee141c52dcbf022d48b8ab567d42..3876bbb5217e007bd3e2137e688d4ca528f3014a 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dbcache.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/dbcache.c
@@ -322,11 +322,7 @@ ldbm_cache_fetch(
     Datum		key
 )
 {
-	Datum	data;
-
 	return ldbm_fetch( db->dbc_db, key );
-
-	return( data );
 }
 
 int