diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 19a6566e93b..fa1ca59cc0d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2018-09-26  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	* valops.c (auto_abandon): Remove dead code.
+
 2018-09-26  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	* tui/tui-win.c (WIN_HEIGHT_USAGE): Remove extra ">"s.
diff --git a/gdb/valops.c b/gdb/valops.c
index de6f839c33c..521f2ca9837 100644
--- a/gdb/valops.c
+++ b/gdb/valops.c
@@ -102,13 +102,6 @@ static void find_method_list (struct value **, const char *,
 			      std::vector<xmethod_worker_up> *,
 			      struct type **, LONGEST *);
 
-#if 0
-/* Flag for whether we want to abandon failed expression evals by
-   default.  */
-
-static int auto_abandon = 0;
-#endif
-
 int overload_resolution = 0;
 static void
 show_overload_resolution (struct ui_file *file, int from_tty,