diff --git a/toolkit/components/satchel/nsFormHistory.js b/toolkit/components/satchel/nsFormHistory.js
index 95577d7f2e26..bb13fb3fd8ba 100644
--- a/toolkit/components/satchel/nsFormHistory.js
+++ b/toolkit/components/satchel/nsFormHistory.js
@@ -359,8 +359,6 @@ FormHistory.prototype = {
     },
 
     get dbConnection() {
-        let connection;
-
         // Make sure dbConnection can't be called from now to prevent infinite loops.
         delete FormHistory.prototype.dbConnection;