diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
index 0eb95a2e091a02e38e9d9ffa3a7ffb655416482b..7df175135206f54c871ef1652247d78ddaa89a40 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/ev_posix.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 static const grpc_event_engine_vtable *g_event_engine;
 
 grpc_poll_function_type grpc_poll_function = poll;
-grpc_wakeup_fd grpc_global_wakeup_fd;
 
 void grpc_event_engine_init(void) {
   if ((g_event_engine = grpc_init_poll_and_epoll_posix())) {