diff --git a/app/protocol/flows/v4/blockrelay/ibd.go b/app/protocol/flows/v4/blockrelay/ibd.go
index 2bab4758a..ba37a90fd 100644
--- a/app/protocol/flows/v4/blockrelay/ibd.go
+++ b/app/protocol/flows/v4/blockrelay/ibd.go
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@ func (flow *handleIBDFlow) syncPruningPointFutureHeaders(consensus externalapi.C
 		}
 	})
 
-	count := 0
 	for {
 		select {
 		case ibdBlocksMessage, ok := <-blockHeadersMessageChan: