diff --git a/plugins/degesch/fancy-prompt.lua b/plugins/degesch/fancy-prompt.lua
index b1b7c0e..919c9e1 100644
--- a/plugins/degesch/fancy-prompt.lua
+++ b/plugins/degesch/fancy-prompt.lua
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 -- background but to really fix that mode, we'd have to fully reimplement it
 -- since its alternative prompt very often gets overriden by accident anyway.
 
-local prompt = degesch.hook_prompt (function (hook)
+degesch.hook_prompt (function (hook)
 	local current = degesch.current_buffer
 	local chan = current.channel
 	local s = current.server