diff --git a/src/wallpaper.c b/src/wallpaper.c
index b5945f09c64ed99ee072c3732c05209ccf04efe9..02c054945c2bb186b95cf9456da54105d0e4d467 100644
--- a/src/wallpaper.c
+++ b/src/wallpaper.c
@@ -700,7 +700,6 @@ static sighandler_t *enl_ipc_timeout(int sig)
 {
 	timeout = 1;
 	return((sighandler_t *) sig);
-	sig = 0;
 }
 
 char *enl_wait_for_reply(void)