1 files changed, 0 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
index 064340f25..287c2f524 100644
--- a/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
+++ b/coreutils/md5_sha1_sum.c
@@ -142,15 +142,6 @@ static int hash_files(int argc, char **argv, const uint8_t hash_algo)
         } else
 #endif
         {
-                uint8_t hash_length;
-
-                if (hash_algo == HASH_MD5) {
-                        hash_length = 16;
-                } else {
-                        hash_length = 20;
-                }
-                hash_value = xmalloc(hash_length);
-
                 while (optind < argc) {
                         char *file_ptr = argv[optind++];