diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/validation/instance/InstanceValidator.java b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/validation/instance/InstanceValidator.java
index 75b782929..2cff601ae 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/validation/instance/InstanceValidator.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.validation/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/validation/instance/InstanceValidator.java
@@ -3335,7 +3335,6 @@ public class InstanceValidator extends BaseValidator implements IResourceValidat
     }
     startInner(hostContext, errors, resource, element, defn, stack, hostContext.isCheckSpecials());
 
-    List<String> res = new ArrayList<>();
     Element meta = element.getNamedChild("meta");
     if (meta != null) {
       List<Element> profiles = new ArrayList<Element>();