diff --git a/src/Model/GroundWaterTransport/gwt1cnc1.f90 b/src/Model/GroundWaterTransport/gwt1cnc1.f90
index aa94d6b1f7b..c295fdf2723 100644
--- a/src/Model/GroundWaterTransport/gwt1cnc1.f90
+++ b/src/Model/GroundWaterTransport/gwt1cnc1.f90
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ subroutine cnc_create(packobj, id, ibcnum, inunit, iout, namemodel, pakname, &
     character(len=*), intent(in) :: mempath
     ! -- local
     type(GwtCncType), pointer :: cncobj
-    character(len=LENPACKAGENAME) :: text
     !
     ! -- allocate the object and assign values to object variables
     allocate (cncobj)