diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp
index 0b2209cc628497ac50219c88e1e0aa836da33b47..40f40df8c7d19fddedb7220e87ab38d8d9291d05 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/clangcompileroptionsbuilder.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ void ClangCompilerOptionsBuilder::addWrappedQtHeadersIncludePath()
 {
     static const QString resourcePath = creatorResourcePath();
     static QString wrappedQtHeadersPath = resourcePath + "/cplusplus/wrappedQtHeaders";
-    QDir dir(wrappedQtHeadersPath);
     QTC_ASSERT(QDir(wrappedQtHeadersPath).exists(), return;);
 
     if (m_projectPart.qtVersion != CppTools::ProjectPart::NoQt) {