diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/util/JSONUtilities.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/util/JSONUtilities.java
index 5ee23d17c..adb0d106d 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/util/JSONUtilities.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/util/JSONUtilities.java
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ public class JSONUtilities {
     }
 
     static public ArrayNode getArray(ObjectNode obj, String key) {
-    	JsonNode v = obj.get(key);
         if( obj.has(key) && obj.get(key) instanceof ArrayNode) {
         	return (ArrayNode) obj.get(key);
         }