diff --git a/src/demon/win32/demon_core_win32.c b/src/demon/win32/demon_core_win32.c
index c1752395..fee9e9f6 100644
--- a/src/demon/win32/demon_core_win32.c
+++ b/src/demon/win32/demon_core_win32.c
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ dmn_w32_entity_alloc(DMN_W32_Entity *parent, DMN_W32_EntityKind kind, U64 id)
       e = push_array_no_zero(dmn_w32_shared->entities_arena, DMN_W32_Entity, 1);
       dmn_w32_shared->entities_count += 1;
     }
-    U32 gen = e->gen;
     MemoryZeroStruct(e);
     e->gen = gen+1;
   }