diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 4a46556..8550bc0 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	version = "0.6"
+	version = "0.5.9c"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ func main() {
 	var noUserResolve bool
 	var syslog23 bool
 	var json bool
-	var output string
 
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&oneLine, "oneline", "l", false, "Prints the entire record on the same line")
 	pflag.BoolVarP(&noUserResolve, "numeric", "n", false, "Do not convert user and group IDs to their names but leave in their numeric forms")