diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/AddUpdateCommand.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/AddUpdateCommand.java
index 407ad30f2a7..377cb6b92b3 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/AddUpdateCommand.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/AddUpdateCommand.java
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ public class AddUpdateCommand extends UpdateCommand implements Iterable<Document
       {
         List<SolrInputDocument> all = flatten(solrDoc);
 
-        SchemaField uniq = req.getSchema().getUniqueKeyField();
         String idField = getHashableId();
 
         for (SolrInputDocument sdoc : all) {