diff --git a/libraries/app/application.cpp b/libraries/app/application.cpp
index 0f0c0690..41eef36c 100644
--- a/libraries/app/application.cpp
+++ b/libraries/app/application.cpp
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ namespace detail {
          }
          _chain_db->add_checkpoints( loaded_checkpoints );
 
-         bool replay = false;
          std::string replay_reason = "reason not provided";
 
          if( _options->count("replay-blockchain") )