diff --git a/ref/gl/gl_sprite.c b/ref/gl/gl_sprite.c
index 850c0319..03f794bf 100644
--- a/ref/gl/gl_sprite.c
+++ b/ref/gl/gl_sprite.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 #define GLARE_FALLOFF	19000.0f
 
-static float sprite_radius;
-
 /*
 ================
 R_GetSpriteFrameInterpolant
@@ -212,8 +210,6 @@ static qboolean R_CullSpriteModel( cl_entity_t *e, vec3_t origin )
 	VectorScale( e->model->mins, scale, sprite_mins );
 	VectorScale( e->model->maxs, scale, sprite_maxs );
 
-	sprite_radius = RadiusFromBounds( sprite_mins, sprite_maxs );
-
 	VectorAdd( sprite_mins, origin, sprite_mins );
 	VectorAdd( sprite_maxs, origin, sprite_maxs );
 
diff --git a/ref/soft/r_sprite.c b/ref/soft/r_sprite.c
index 9ae66ceb..85b329bb 100644
--- a/ref/soft/r_sprite.c
+++ b/ref/soft/r_sprite.c
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 #define GLARE_FALLOFF 19000.0f
 
-static float sprite_radius;
-
 /*
 ================
 R_CullSpriteModel
@@ -45,8 +43,6 @@ static qboolean R_CullSpriteModel( cl_entity_t *e, vec3_t origin )
 	VectorScale( e->model->mins, scale, sprite_mins );
 	VectorScale( e->model->maxs, scale, sprite_maxs );
 
-	sprite_radius = RadiusFromBounds( sprite_mins, sprite_maxs );
-
 	VectorAdd( sprite_mins, origin, sprite_mins );
 	VectorAdd( sprite_maxs, origin, sprite_maxs );