diff --git a/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp b/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp
index 8f77c671b9..8c358e3546 100644
--- a/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp
+++ b/arangod/RestHandler/RestReplicationHandler.cpp
@@ -2238,7 +2238,6 @@ int RestReplicationHandler::processRestoreDataBatch(
 
   // Now try to insert all keys for which the last marker was a document
   // marker, note that these could still be replace markers!
-  std::vector<VPackValueLength> insertTried;
   builder.clear();
   {
     VPackArrayBuilder guard(&builder);