diff --git a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
index 9f3b74b0c4708..186cb1577e43f 100644
--- a/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
+++ b/hudi-client/hudi-client-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hudi/client/AbstractHoodieWriteClient.java
@@ -174,7 +174,6 @@ public boolean commitStats(String instantTime, List<HoodieWriteStat> stats, Opti
                              String commitActionType, Map<String, List<String>> partitionToReplaceFileIds) {
     // Create a Hoodie table which encapsulated the commits and files visible
     HoodieTable table = createTable(config, hadoopConf);
-    HoodieActiveTimeline activeTimeline = table.getActiveTimeline();
     HoodieCommitMetadata metadata = CommitUtils.buildMetadata(stats, partitionToReplaceFileIds, extraMetadata, operationType, config.getSchema(), commitActionType);
     // Finalize write
     finalizeWrite(table, instantTime, stats);