diff --git a/lib/rebuild.js b/lib/rebuild.js
index 497ffbd967..4c6f472aa7 100644
--- a/lib/rebuild.js
+++ b/lib/rebuild.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ module.exports = exports = rebuild
 
 exports.usage = 'Runs "clean", "configure" and "build" all at once'
 
-var log = require('npmlog')
-
 function rebuild (gyp, argv, callback) {
 
   gyp.todo.push(