diff --git a/bash_completion b/bash_completion
index 6eca58ce..8786463f 100644
--- a/bash_completion
+++ b/bash_completion
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ _quote_readline_by_ref()
 #
 _filedir()
 {
-    local i IFS=$'\n' xspec
+    local IFS=$'\n' xspec
 
     _tilde "$cur" || return 0