diff --git a/plugins/codemodder-plugin-maven/src/main/java/io/codemodder/plugins/maven/operator/FormatCommand.java b/plugins/codemodder-plugin-maven/src/main/java/io/codemodder/plugins/maven/operator/FormatCommand.java
index 5a375f7cd..59aa1e846 100644
--- a/plugins/codemodder-plugin-maven/src/main/java/io/codemodder/plugins/maven/operator/FormatCommand.java
+++ b/plugins/codemodder-plugin-maven/src/main/java/io/codemodder/plugins/maven/operator/FormatCommand.java
@@ -506,8 +506,6 @@ private byte[] serializePomFile(POMDocument pom) throws XMLStreamException {
       xmlRepresentation = replaceRange(xmlRepresentation, match.getRange(), nextMatch.getContent());
     }
 
-    int lastIndex = 0;
-
     // singleElementsWithAttributes.sort(
     //    Comparator.comparingInt(matchDataJ -> matchDataJ.getRange().getFirst()));