1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/opt/ClosureElimination.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/opt/ClosureElimination.scala
index eb2da72401..bcdcbfd435 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/opt/ClosureElimination.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/backend/opt/ClosureElimination.scala
@@ -197,16 +197,12 @@ abstract class ClosureElimination extends SubComponent {
 
   /** Peephole optimization. */
   abstract class PeepholeOpt {
-
-    private var method: IMethod = NoIMethod
-
     /** Concrete implementations will perform their optimizations here */
     def peep(bb: BasicBlock, i1: Instruction, i2: Instruction): Option[List[Instruction]]
 
     var liveness: global.icodes.liveness.LivenessAnalysis = null
 
     def apply(m: IMethod): Unit = if (m.hasCode) {
-      method = m
       liveness = new global.icodes.liveness.LivenessAnalysis
       liveness.init(m)
       liveness.run