diff --git a/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp b/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp
index 0f8b1ced3..f2c86bdfd 100644
--- a/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp
+++ b/plugins/autoSyndrome.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ reaction_duck
 Next, start a new fort in a new world, build a duck workshop, then have someone become a duck.
 */
 
-const int32_t ticksPerYear = 403200;
 bool enabled = true;
 
 DFHACK_PLUGIN("autoSyndrome");