diff --git a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapService.cpp b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapService.cpp
index 8c84baec1f4..4b132ec46a8 100644
--- a/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapService.cpp
+++ b/mailnews/imap/src/nsImapService.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,6 @@ nsImapService::FetchMessage(nsIEventQueue * aClientEventQueue,
     if (!aImapMailFolder || !aClientEventQueue)
         return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER;
 	
-	nsIImapProtocol * protocolInstance = nsnull;
 	nsIImapUrl * imapUrl = nsnull;
 	nsString2 urlSpec("",eOneByte);