diff --git a/src/grib_accessor_class_bufr_extract_area_subsets.c b/src/grib_accessor_class_bufr_extract_area_subsets.c
index 3566a8a86..89502c7f3 100644
--- a/src/grib_accessor_class_bufr_extract_area_subsets.c
+++ b/src/grib_accessor_class_bufr_extract_area_subsets.c
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ static int select_area(grib_accessor* a) {
 static int pack_long(grib_accessor* a, const long* val, size_t *len)
 {
     int err=0;
-    grib_accessor_bufr_extract_area_subsets *self =(grib_accessor_bufr_extract_area_subsets*)a;
+    /*grib_accessor_bufr_extract_area_subsets *self =(grib_accessor_bufr_extract_area_subsets*)a;*/
 
     if (*len==0) return GRIB_SUCCESS;
     err=select_area(a);