diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 0e2b021015..d13ff924d5 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2011-10-17	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
+	* libmisc/shell/main_ls.c: Comment out unused var kflag.
 	* posix/src/ualarm.c: Make _POSIX_signals_Ualarm_TSR static.
 
 2011-10-12	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
diff --git a/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_ls.c b/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_ls.c
index 08072fb723..0b5703637a 100644
--- a/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_ls.c
+++ b/cpukit/libmisc/shell/main_ls.c
@@ -153,7 +153,9 @@ main_ls(rtems_shell_ls_globals* globals, int argc, char *argv[])
 	static char dot[] = ".", *dotav[] = { dot, NULL };
 	//struct winsize win;
 	int ch, fts_options;
+#if RTEMS_REMOVED
 	int kflag = 0;
+#endif
 	const char *p;
 
     struct getopt_data getopt_reent;
@@ -267,7 +269,9 @@ main_ls(rtems_shell_ls_globals* globals, int argc, char *argv[])
 			break;
 		case 'k':
 			blocksize = 1024;
+#if RTEMS_REMOVED
 			kflag = 1;
+#endif
 			break;
 		/* The -h option forces all sizes to be measured in bytes. */
 		case 'h':