diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
index 71dcd5a3c..06de23625 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/StringUtils.java
@@ -6781,7 +6781,6 @@ private static String replaceEach(
 
             textIndex = -1;
             replaceIndex = -1;
-            tempIndex = -1;
             // find the next earliest match
             // NOTE: logic mostly duplicated above START
             for (int i = 0; i < searchLength; i++) {