diff --git a/src/xmagics/xassist.cpp b/src/xmagics/xassist.cpp
index 60971b0c..181dab2b 100644
--- a/src/xmagics/xassist.cpp
+++ b/src/xmagics/xassist.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ namespace xcpp
                     if (c < 0x20 || c > 0x7E)
                     {
                         // Escape non-printable ASCII characters and non-ASCII characters
-                        std::array<char, 7> buffer{};
                         std::stringstream ss;
                         ss << "\\u" << std::hex << std::setw(4) << std::setfill('0') << (c & 0xFFFF);
                         escaped += ss.str();
@@ -527,4 +526,4 @@ namespace xcpp
             std::cerr << "Caught an unknown exception" << std::endl;
         }
     }
-}  // namespace xcpp
\ No newline at end of file
+}  // namespace xcpp