diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index 4b4d8dff..b93182f3 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
-static double prevprogress; /* last download amount */
-#endif
-
 static const char *get_filename(const char *url)
 {
 	char *filename = strrchr(url, '/');
@@ -56,6 +52,8 @@ static const char *get_filename(const char *url)
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
+static double prevprogress; /* last download amount */
+
 static char *get_fullpath(const char *path, const char *filename,
 		const char *suffix)
 {