diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
index cf11e622..73a464c9 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/os-inl.h
@@ -498,7 +498,6 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE bool create_dir(filename_t path)
     size_t search_offset = 0;
     do
     {
-        fmt::string_view t;
         auto token_pos = path.find(folder_sep, search_offset);
         // treat the entire path as a folder if no folder separator not found
         if (token_pos == filename_t::npos)