diff --git a/content/llcache.c b/content/llcache.c
index e95eefbe6..894d0e063 100644
--- a/content/llcache.c
+++ b/content/llcache.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,6 @@ llcache_process_metadata(llcache_object *object)
 	size_t metadatalen = 0;
 	nsurl *metadataurl;
 	unsigned int line;
-	uint8_t *end;
 	char *ln;
 	int lnsize;
 
@@ -1363,8 +1362,6 @@ llcache_process_metadata(llcache_object *object)
 		return res;
 	}
 
-	end = metadata + metadatalen;
-
 	LOG("Processing retrived data");
 
 	/* metadata line 1 is the url the metadata referrs to */