diff --git a/src/ModFile.cc b/src/ModFile.cc
index cb78a2de73c9116315aa4cc69f0dd10f99a2eb42..0b07da93295c2f5209d28ec3b6d512735dedd044 100644
--- a/src/ModFile.cc
+++ b/src/ModFile.cc
@@ -376,8 +376,6 @@ ModFile::transformPass(bool nostrict, bool stochastic, bool compute_xrefs, const
 
   // Get all equation tags associated with VARs and Pac Models
   set<string> eqtags;
-  map<string, pair<SymbolList, int>> var_model_info_var_expectation;
-
   for (auto const & it : trend_component_model_table.getEqTags())
     for (auto & it1 : it.second)
       eqtags.insert(it1);