diff --git a/tools/removecr.janet b/tools/removecr.janet
index 9f7fc227..f8588ef3 100644
--- a/tools/removecr.janet
+++ b/tools/removecr.janet
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 # windows may add bad line endings, we can just force removal
 # with this script.
 (def fname ((dyn :args) 1))
-(def input (slurp fname))
+(def source (slurp fname))
 (def new-source (string/replace-all "\r" "" source))
 (spit fname new-source :wb)