diff --git a/kernel/config.c b/kernel/config.c
index 19896d9..69bcb22 100644
--- a/kernel/config.c
+++ b/kernel/config.c
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ struct config Config = {
 STATIC seg base_seg = 0;
 STATIC seg umb_base_seg = 0;
 BYTE FAR *lpTop = 0;
-BYTE FAR *lpOldTop = 0;
 STATIC unsigned nCfgLine = 0;
 STATIC COUNT nPass = 0;
 COUNT UmbState = 0;
@@ -1729,8 +1728,6 @@ VOID config_init_buffers(COUNT anzBuffers)
     anzBuffers = 99;
   }
   LoL->nbuffers = anzBuffers;
-  
-  lpTop = lpOldTop;
 
   LoL->inforecptr = &LoL->firstbuf;
   
diff --git a/kernel/init-mod.h b/kernel/init-mod.h
index 2b781dd..9243240 100644
--- a/kernel/init-mod.h
+++ b/kernel/init-mod.h
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ extern UWORD HMAFree;            /* first byte in HMA not yet used      */
 extern unsigned CurrentKernelSegment;
 extern struct _KernelConfig FAR ASM LowKernelConfig;
 extern WORD days[2][13];
-extern BYTE FAR *lpOldTop;
 extern BYTE FAR *lpTop;
 extern BYTE ASM _ib_start[], ASM _ib_end[], ASM _init_end[];
 extern UWORD ram_top;               /* How much ram in Kbytes               */
diff --git a/kernel/main.c b/kernel/main.c
index f2ee738..be75f83 100644
--- a/kernel/main.c
+++ b/kernel/main.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ STATIC void init_kernel(void)
                 (FP_OFF(_HMATextEnd) + 15) / 16, 0);
 
   MoveKernel(FP_SEG(lpTop));
-  lpOldTop = lpTop = MK_FP(FP_SEG(lpTop) - 0xfff, 0xfff0);
+  lpTop = MK_FP(FP_SEG(lpTop) - 0xfff, 0xfff0);
 
   for (i = 0x20; i <= 0x3f; i++)
     setvec(i, empty_handler);