diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_search.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_search.php
index deaa28e743..a01ebaa606 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_search.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_search.php
@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@ class acp_search
 				$this->state[0] = $request->variable('search_type', '');
 			}
 
-			$error = false;
-
 			$search_backend_factory = $phpbb_container->get('search.backend_factory');
 			$this->search = $search_backend_factory->get($this->state[0]);