diff --git a/tools/index-tools/src/org/jetbrains/index/stubs/StubsGenerator.kt b/tools/index-tools/src/org/jetbrains/index/stubs/StubsGenerator.kt
index 8f7183a4e42a..8633a0689031 100644
--- a/tools/index-tools/src/org/jetbrains/index/stubs/StubsGenerator.kt
+++ b/tools/index-tools/src/org/jetbrains/index/stubs/StubsGenerator.kt
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ open class StubsGenerator(private val stubsVersion: String, private val stubsSto
     val bytes = BufferExposingByteArrayOutputStream()
     serializationManager.serialize(stub, bytes)
 
-    val file = fileContent.file
-
     return SerializedStubTree(bytes.internalBuffer, bytes.size(), stub)
   }