diff --git a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPLargeMessage.java b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPLargeMessage.java
index d3ebbab4fd..d790505000 100644
--- a/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPLargeMessage.java
+++ b/artemis-protocols/artemis-amqp-protocol/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/protocol/amqp/broker/AMQPLargeMessage.java
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ public class AMQPLargeMessage extends AMQPMessage implements LargeServerMessage
       decoder.setBuffer(buffer);
 
       try {
-         int constructorPos = buffer.position();
          TypeConstructor<?> constructor = decoder.readConstructor();
          if (Header.class.equals(constructor.getTypeClass())) {
             header = (Header) constructor.readValue();