diff --git a/src/Gui/MergeActivityWizard.cpp b/src/Gui/MergeActivityWizard.cpp
index 22a354079..240cd5e60 100644
--- a/src/Gui/MergeActivityWizard.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/MergeActivityWizard.cpp
@@ -724,9 +724,6 @@ MergeSource::importFile()
 bool
 MergeSource::importFile(QList<QString> files)
 {
-    // get fullpath name for processing
-    QFileInfo filename = QFileInfo(files[0]).absoluteFilePath();
-
     QFile thisfile(files[0]);
     QFileInfo thisfileinfo(files[0]);
     QStringList errors;