diff --git a/src/rpc/xmlrpc_tinyxml2.cc b/src/rpc/xmlrpc_tinyxml2.cc
index abd68b9b..3a971541 100644
--- a/src/rpc/xmlrpc_tinyxml2.cc
+++ b/src/rpc/xmlrpc_tinyxml2.cc
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ process_document(const tinyxml2::XMLDocument* doc, tinyxml2::XMLPrinter* printer
 
   printer->CloseElement(true);
   printer->CloseElement(true);
-  tinyxml2::XMLDocument resultDoc;
 }