Index: lib/read_rc.c
--- lib/read_rc.c.orig
+++ lib/read_rc.c
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ char raw_calendar_file[SLEN] = {0};	/* unexpanded name
 int clear_pages = 0;		/* flag: act like "page" (more -c)? */
 int title_messages = 1;		/* flag: title message display?     */
 int debug = 0; 			/* flag: default is no debug!       */
-FILE *debugfile = stderr;	/* file for debug output            */
 
 nl_catd  elm_msg_cat = 0;	/* message catalog	    */