diff --git a/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/cluster.js b/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/cluster.js
index 68a59e109e..f2f98b7142 100644
--- a/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/cluster.js
+++ b/js/client/modules/org/arangodb/cluster.js
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 /// @author Copyright 2014, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-var internal = require("internal");
 var arangosh = require("org/arangodb/arangosh");
 var db = require("org/arangodb").db;