diff --git a/src/search/heuristics/lm_cut_landmarks.cc b/src/search/heuristics/lm_cut_landmarks.cc
index 8fe81d1bb9..3b95ddcaa3 100644
--- a/src/search/heuristics/lm_cut_landmarks.cc
+++ b/src/search/heuristics/lm_cut_landmarks.cc
@@ -291,9 +291,7 @@ bool LandmarkCutLandmarks::compute_landmarks(
     if (artificial_goal.status == UNREACHED)
         return true;
 
-    int num_iterations = 0;
     while (artificial_goal.h_max_cost != 0) {
-        ++num_iterations;
         mark_goal_plateau(&artificial_goal);
         assert(cut.empty());
         second_exploration(state, second_exploration_queue, cut);