diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
index c458ea9da..972d069d5 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/comments.pm
@@ -403,8 +403,6 @@ sub sessioncgi ($$) { #{{{
 		$location = "$page/${comments_pagename}${i}";
 	} while (-e "$config{srcdir}/$location._comment");
 
-	my $anchor = "${comments_pagename}${i}";
-
 	my $content = "[[!_comment format=$type\n";
 
 	# FIXME: handling of double quotes probably wrong?