diff --git a/judge/judgedaemon.main.php b/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
index ae63c1dfd4..49a469b464 100644
--- a/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
+++ b/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
@@ -789,8 +789,6 @@ function fetch_executable_internal(
     logmsg(LOG_INFO,
         "⇝ Received " . sizeof($row) . " '" . $type . "' judge tasks (endpoint $endpointID)");
 
-    $jobId = $row[0]['jobid'];
-
     if ($type == 'prefetch') {
         if ($lastWorkdir !== null) {
             cleanup_judging($lastWorkdir);