diff --git a/test/stressSpectrum.cxx b/test/stressSpectrum.cxx
index 75fd5864b5ef34f5e72db6c4c2417989f3eff504..54da482e5644491b6c752dfc28aa14b05ad20024 100644
--- a/test/stressSpectrum.cxx
+++ b/test/stressSpectrum.cxx
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ void stressSpectrum(Int_t ntimes=100) {
    TH1F *hgood  = new TH1F("hgood", "% good peaks",100,0,100);
    TH1F *hghost = new TH1F("hghost","% ghost peaks",100,0,100);
    Int_t nfound,ngood,nghost;
-   Double_t norm;
    for (Int_t i=0;i<ntimes;i++) {
       findPeaks(pmin,pmax,nfound,ngood,nghost);
       hpeaks->Fill(npeaks);