diff --git a/xbob/io/externals.cpp b/xbob/io/externals.cpp
index 249e00a083da4aac3585d962bb57bd040ad1f8e8..3f1e1c585503610f2966399dcb530fb047262cb6 100644
--- a/xbob/io/externals.cpp
+++ b/xbob/io/externals.cpp
@@ -941,8 +941,6 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(module_docstr,
 "Information about software used to compile the C++ Bob API"
 );
 
-int PyXbobCoreRandom_APIVersion = XBOB_IO_API_VERSION;
-
 PyMODINIT_FUNC XBOB_EXT_ENTRY_NAME (void) {
 
   PyObject* m = Py_InitModule3(XBOB_EXT_MODULE_NAME, module_methods, module_docstr);