diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index d40a2179b..82f212354 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-07-14  Corinna Vinschen  <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+	* globals.cc (active_codepage): Remove.
+
 2009-07-12  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* how-spawn-works.txt: Add "out of date" note.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/globals.cc b/winsup/cygwin/globals.cc
index b7781899e..dfdeec587 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/globals.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/globals.cc
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ HANDLE NO_COPY hProcImpToken;
 HMODULE NO_COPY cygwin_hmodule;
 HANDLE hExeced;
 
-/* Codepage and multibyte string specific stuff. */
-UINT active_codepage;
-
 /* program exit the program */
 
 enum exit_states