diff --git a/completions/cvs b/completions/cvs
index 8a8692da1f7..a3a7585846d 100644
--- a/completions/cvs
+++ b/completions/cvs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ _comp_cmd_cvs()
     local cur prev words cword comp_args
     _comp_initialize -n : -- "$@" || return
 
-    local count mode="" i cvsroot="" has_cvsroot="" cvsroots pwd
+    local count mode="" i cvsroot="" has_cvsroot="" pwd
     local -a flags files entries changed newremoved
 
     local noargopts='!(-*|*[d]*)'