diff --git a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
index 68df6e4a70..2cfbc0a6b2 100755
--- a/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
+++ b/contrib/mw-to-git/git-remote-mediawiki.perl
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ $wiki_name =~ s{[^/]*://}{};
 $wiki_name =~ s/^.*@//;
 
 # Commands parser
-my $entry;
 my @cmd;
 while (<STDIN>) {
 	chomp;