diff --git a/scsh/process_args.c b/scsh/process_args.c
index a379a7d..75878fe 100644
--- a/scsh/process_args.c
+++ b/scsh/process_args.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 extern char *prog_name;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ char ** process_args(char **argv,
                      char **pobject_file,
                      char **pimage_name) {
     extern char **process_meta_arg(char **);
-    char ** deb = argv;
 
     /* Handle an initial \ <fname> meta-arg expansion. */
     while ( *argv && streq(*argv, "\\") ) {