diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc
index d32e790c431..b4432a8d1be 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_op.cc
@@ -5040,7 +5040,6 @@ void RGWDeleteCORS::execute()
   if (op_ret < 0)
     return;
 
-  bufferlist bl;
   rgw_raw_obj obj;
   if (!cors_exist) {
     dout(2) << "No CORS configuration set yet for this bucket" << dendl;