diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
index e0ed591c4be0aea1e49b5b4959df55bb05d24862..6b2f90a66ae3f1a20c0f612d5536d03ce9b2d974 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditorview.cpp
@@ -134,9 +134,6 @@ void FormEditorView::setupFormEditorItemTree(const QmlItemNode &qmlItemNode)
 void FormEditorView::removeNodeFromScene(const QmlItemNode &qmlItemNode)
 {
     if (qmlItemNode.isValid()) {
-
-        FormEditorItem *item = m_scene->itemForQmlItemNode(qmlItemNode);
-
         QList<QmlItemNode> nodeList;
         nodeList.append(qmlItemNode.allSubModelNodes());
         nodeList.append(qmlItemNode);