diff --git a/ls-mirrors.sh b/ls-mirrors.sh
index 8036bf714266b57ffc4527041c7539b0356b2d50..c74c75e1a3418a1d6db44e690ff2b65e8d415ea5 100755
--- a/ls-mirrors.sh
+++ b/ls-mirrors.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ git_mirrors_dir="$(dirname "${0}")"
 PROGNAME="${0##*/}"
 PROGVERSION="${VERSION}"
 
-STATUS=0
 pushd "${repo_dir}/${gitlab_namespace}" &> /dev/null
 echo -n "Namespace: " 1>&2
 #red and bold combined