diff --git a/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner b/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner
index f934b1f73b614ec7b8131956b206ff83b85c40e3..66fba57db8b70ec2d75c12aeab5fa90b83813b07 100755
--- a/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner
+++ b/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ local desFile = "/tmp/ffnw-banner"
 local uci = require('luci.model.uci').cursor()
 os.execute('cp '..srcFile..' '..desFile)
 
-local srcBanner = io.open(desFile, "r")
 local openwrtRelease = io.open("/etc/openwrt_release", "r")
 local gluonVersion = io.open("/lib/gluon/gluon-version", "r")
 local gluonRelease = io.open("/lib/gluon/release", "r")