diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/RDFServiceJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/RDFServiceJena.java
index 0e3d593c5..51b52a19f 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/RDFServiceJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/rdfservice/impl/jena/RDFServiceJena.java
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ public abstract class RDFServiceJena extends RDFServiceImpl implements RDFServic
             Dataset d = dw.getDataset();
             Query q = createQuery(query);
             QueryExecution qe = createQueryExecution(query, q, d);
-            ByteArrayOutputStream serializedModel = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
             try {
                 Model m = construct ? qe.execConstruct(model) : qe.execDescribe(model);
             } finally {