diff --git a/Lib/_pydatetime.py b/Lib/_pydatetime.py
index e3db1b52b1159b..9448f2a0a5f462 100644
--- a/Lib/_pydatetime.py
+++ b/Lib/_pydatetime.py
@@ -2089,7 +2089,6 @@ def _local_timezone(self):
         else:
             ts = (self - _EPOCH) // timedelta(seconds=1)
         localtm = _time.localtime(ts)
-        local = datetime(*localtm[:6])
         # Extract TZ data
         gmtoff = localtm.tm_gmtoff
         zone = localtm.tm_zone