diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc
index 33ac274962a..fa5d363f40b 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc
@@ -3296,7 +3296,6 @@ void RGWPutObj::execute()
   MD5 hash;
   bufferlist bl, aclbl, bs;
   int len;
-  map<string, string>::iterator iter;
   bool multipart;
   
   off_t fst;