diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/syntax_highlighting.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/syntax_highlighting.js
index 930ae516979..2b16e6923e1 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/syntax_highlighting.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/components/syntax_highlighting.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ Discourse.SyntaxHighlighting = {
     @param {jQuery.selector} $elem The element we want to apply our highlighting to
   **/
   apply: function($elem) {
-    var _this = this;
     return $('pre code[class]', $elem).each(function(i, e) {
       return $LAB.script("/javascripts/highlight-handlebars.pack.js").wait(function() {
         return hljs.highlightBlock(e);