1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c b/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c
index 2a4c52e27f41..266c8137e859 100644
--- a/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c
+++ b/arch/mips/boot/elf2ecoff.c
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         Elf32_Ehdr ex;
         Elf32_Phdr *ph;
         Elf32_Shdr *sh;
-        char *shstrtab;
         int i, pad;
         struct sect text, data, bss;
         struct filehdr efh;
@@ -336,9 +335,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                                      "sh");
         if (must_convert_endian)
                 convert_elf_shdrs(sh, ex.e_shnum);
-        /* Read in the section string table. */
-        shstrtab = saveRead(infile, sh[ex.e_shstrndx].sh_offset,
-                            sh[ex.e_shstrndx].sh_size, "shstrtab");
 
         /* Figure out if we can cram the program header into an ECOFF
            header...  Basically, we can't handle anything but loadable