diff --git a/src/r_bsp.c b/src/r_bsp.c
index e967e28cef3e194ebb5e43dcf652f9e2f91061e5..acb0630c3cb30b9e058e61b5e4d5cfdae5bc7529 100644
--- a/src/r_bsp.c
+++ b/src/r_bsp.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ sector_t *backsector;
 // 896 drawsegs! So too bad here's a limit removal a-la-Boom
 drawseg_t *drawsegs = NULL;
 drawseg_t *ds_p = NULL;
-drawseg_t *firstnewseg = NULL;
 
 // indicates doors closed wrt automap bugfix:
 INT32 doorclosed;
diff --git a/src/r_bsp.h b/src/r_bsp.h
index 20a80d89ab44a00a5125ce4f46d8cbe65ac38f91..14b11ea77bc0dff35f8abf318c5dc1d31e42e857 100644
--- a/src/r_bsp.h
+++ b/src/r_bsp.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern INT32 checkcoord[12][4];
 
 extern drawseg_t *drawsegs;
 extern drawseg_t *ds_p;
-extern drawseg_t *firstnewseg;
 extern INT32 doorclosed;
 
 typedef void (*drawfunc_t)(INT32 start, INT32 stop);
diff --git a/src/r_segs.c b/src/r_segs.c
index 7467f532472ae35d9eca14373ee9faf95e2e7b45..3171bced67db27c5777fd034665be589a0d41833 100644
--- a/src/r_segs.c
+++ b/src/r_segs.c
@@ -1407,13 +1407,11 @@ void R_StoreWallRange(INT32 start, INT32 stop)
 	if (ds_p == drawsegs+maxdrawsegs)
 	{
 		size_t pos = ds_p - drawsegs;
-		size_t pos2 = firstnewseg - drawsegs;
 		size_t newmax = maxdrawsegs ? maxdrawsegs*2 : 128;
 		if (firstseg)
 			firstseg = (drawseg_t *)(firstseg - drawsegs);
 		drawsegs = Z_Realloc(drawsegs, newmax*sizeof (*drawsegs), PU_STATIC, NULL);
 		ds_p = drawsegs + pos;
-		firstnewseg = drawsegs + pos2;
 		maxdrawsegs = newmax;
 		if (firstseg)
 			firstseg = drawsegs + (size_t)firstseg;