diff --git a/src/osd/modules/render/bgfx/targetmanager.cpp b/src/osd/modules/render/bgfx/targetmanager.cpp
index 1aa0418938a..5b342f077fc 100644
--- a/src/osd/modules/render/bgfx/targetmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/osd/modules/render/bgfx/targetmanager.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ target_manager::target_manager(texture_manager& textures)
     : m_textures(textures)
     , m_screen_count(0)
 {
-	(void)m_options; // prevent carping about unused variable
 }
 
 target_manager::~target_manager()