diff --git a/libsrc/interface/readuser.cpp b/libsrc/interface/readuser.cpp
index f4311185..2b5ce21c 100644
--- a/libsrc/interface/readuser.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/interface/readuser.cpp
@@ -666,7 +666,6 @@ namespace netgen
 
         for (auto ti : IntRange(geom->GetNT()))
         {
-          auto & trig = geom->GetTriangle(ti);
           Element2d el(TRIG);
           for (auto i : IntRange(3))
             el[i] = (*geom)[STLTrigIndex(ti)][i];