diff --git a/code/qcommon/msg.cpp b/code/qcommon/msg.cpp
index bb04cba3..6e3200d6 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/msg.cpp
+++ b/code/qcommon/msg.cpp
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ void MSG_ReadData( msg_t *msg, void *data, int len ) {
 // a string hasher which gives the same hash value even if the
 // string is later modified via the legacy MSG read/write code
 int MSG_HashKey(const char *string, int maxlen) {
-	int register hash, i;
+	int hash, i;
 
 	hash = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < maxlen && string[i] != '\0'; i++) {