diff --git a/src/miner.cpp b/src/miner.cpp
index fcb376c6cb..4b86446774 100644
--- a/src/miner.cpp
+++ b/src/miner.cpp
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ bool BlockAssembler::SkipMapTxEntry(CTxMemPool::txiter it, indexed_modified_tran
     return mapModifiedTx.count(it) || inBlock.count(it) || failedTx.count(it);
 }
 
-void BlockAssembler::SortForBlock(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& package, CTxMemPool::txiter entry, std::vector<CTxMemPool::txiter>& sortedEntries)
+void BlockAssembler::SortForBlock(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& package, std::vector<CTxMemPool::txiter>& sortedEntries)
 {
     // Sort package by ancestor count
     // If a transaction A depends on transaction B, then A's ancestor count
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ void BlockAssembler::addPackageTxs(int &nPackagesSelected, int &nDescendantsUpda
 
         // Package can be added. Sort the entries in a valid order.
         std::vector<CTxMemPool::txiter> sortedEntries;
-        SortForBlock(ancestors, iter, sortedEntries);
+        SortForBlock(ancestors, sortedEntries);
 
         for (size_t i=0; i<sortedEntries.size(); ++i) {
             AddToBlock(sortedEntries[i]);
diff --git a/src/miner.h b/src/miner.h
index 9c086332d4..33a22ba75f 100644
--- a/src/miner.h
+++ b/src/miner.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ private:
       * or if the transaction's cached data in mapTx is incorrect. */
     bool SkipMapTxEntry(CTxMemPool::txiter it, indexed_modified_transaction_set &mapModifiedTx, CTxMemPool::setEntries &failedTx);
     /** Sort the package in an order that is valid to appear in a block */
-    void SortForBlock(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& package, CTxMemPool::txiter entry, std::vector<CTxMemPool::txiter>& sortedEntries);
+    void SortForBlock(const CTxMemPool::setEntries& package, std::vector<CTxMemPool::txiter>& sortedEntries);
     /** Add descendants of given transactions to mapModifiedTx with ancestor
       * state updated assuming given transactions are inBlock. Returns number
       * of updated descendants. */