diff --git a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
index ac1fd6215fa6ad4b507afe7dcb5a1f5427be5b48..ead867b8def0be047fc6e8d6cc5770288291d467 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/vp9_encodeframe.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ static unsigned int tt_activity_measure(MACROBLOCK *x) {
 static unsigned int alt_activity_measure(MACROBLOCK *x, int use_dc_pred) {
   return vp9_encode_intra(x, use_dc_pred);
 }
-DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, static const uint8_t, vp9_64x64_zeros[64*64]) = {0};
 
 // Measure the activity of the current macroblock
 // What we measure here is TBD so abstracted to this function