diff --git a/src/option_processing.cc b/src/option_processing.cc
index d95ce753..46ef9399 100644
--- a/src/option_processing.cc
+++ b/src/option_processing.cc
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ error_code::Value option_processing(Option& op, bool standalone,
     std::stringstream cmdstream;
     {
       // first evaluate --no-conf and --conf-path options.
-      Option op;
       if (argc == 0) {
         oparser->parse(op, options);
       }