diff --git a/src/flt_spoe.c b/src/flt_spoe.c
index e1ce537de..39a56b11e 100644
--- a/src/flt_spoe.c
+++ b/src/flt_spoe.c
@@ -1113,8 +1113,6 @@ static int spoe_process_event(struct stream *s, struct spoe_context *ctx,
 				 agent->counters.nb_errors, agent->counters.nb_processed);
 	}
 	else if (ret == 0) {
-		struct channel *chn = (dir == SMP_OPT_DIR_REQ) ? &s->req : &s->res;
-
 		if ((s->scf->flags & SC_FL_ERROR) ||
 		    ((s->scf->flags & (SC_FL_EOS|SC_FL_ABRT_DONE)) && proxy_abrt_close_def(s->be, 1))) {
 			ctx->status_code = SPOE_CTX_ERR_INTERRUPT;