diff --git a/app/lib/request.rb b/app/lib/request.rb
index a12e6e3747..5ba3a86fdb 100644
--- a/app/lib/request.rb
+++ b/app/lib/request.rb
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ class Request
         outer_e = nil
         port    = args.first
 
-        addresses = []
         begin
           addresses = [IPAddr.new(host)]
         rescue IPAddr::InvalidAddressError