diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp
index bbce43e38fb493a4bd8c5f3d86e029442bd53bdb..6c51c3af961dfeda4bd4d042943b36974ed33d9b 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerobject.cpp
@@ -5013,7 +5013,6 @@ void LLViewerObject::setTEImage(const U8 te, LLViewerTexture *imagep)
 
 S32 LLViewerObject::setTETextureCore(const U8 te, LLViewerTexture *image)
 {
-	LLUUID old_image_id = getTE(te)->getID();
 	const LLUUID& uuid = image->getID();
 	S32 retval = 0;
 	if (uuid != getTE(te)->getID() ||