diff --git a/addressbook/ChangeLog b/addressbook/ChangeLog
index fc26c4b592..930b615971 100644
--- a/addressbook/ChangeLog
+++ b/addressbook/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-09-07  Christopher James Lahey  <clahey@ximian.com>
+
+	* gui/component/addressbook-component.c: Removed unused factory
+	variable.
+
 2001-09-06  Chris Toshok  <toshok@ximian.com>
 
 	* gui/component/addressbook-storage.c (notify_listener): new
diff --git a/addressbook/gui/component/addressbook-component.c b/addressbook/gui/component/addressbook-component.c
index 0e304e2604..8117ced2cf 100644
--- a/addressbook/gui/component/addressbook-component.c
+++ b/addressbook/gui/component/addressbook-component.c
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ addressbook_component_get_shell_client  (void)
 	return global_shell_client;
 }
 
-static BonoboGenericFactory *factory = NULL;
-
 static char *accepted_dnd_types[] = {
 	"text/x-vcard",
 	NULL