diff --git a/src/compute.cpp b/src/compute.cpp
index d6ac382151..a12373fd51 100644
--- a/src/compute.cpp
+++ b/src/compute.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 
 static constexpr int DELTA = 4;
-static constexpr double BIG = MAXTAGINT;
 
 // allocate space for static class instance variable and initialize it