diff --git a/check_glsa b/check_glsa
index 4db945dfd9ef72dd0d4518725b66a4819a47f9f8..77350e34c42204d7b383ca074d6c82f5295580be 100755
--- a/check_glsa
+++ b/check_glsa
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ case $RC in
 	     |sort \
 	     |uniq >> $PACKAGE_TMP
        done < $GREP_TMP
-       progs=``
        echo -n "CRITICAL - glsa-check found $problems problems affecting "
        sort < $PACKAGE_TMP \
        |uniq \