diff --git a/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/document.c b/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/document.c
index 6a6ec1375..4108d7242 100644
--- a/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/document.c
+++ b/src/ecmascript/spidermonkey/document.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ document_write_do(JSContext *ctx, unsigned int argc, JS::Value *rval, int newlin
 	struct cache_entry *cached = doc_view->document->cached;
 	cached = doc_view->document->cached;
 	struct fragment *f = get_cache_fragment(cached);
-	struct string buffer = INIT_STRING("", 0);
+
 	if (f && f->length)
 	{
 		int code_len=code.length;