diff --git a/MeshLib/MeshQuality/RadiusEdgeRatioMetric.cpp b/MeshLib/MeshQuality/RadiusEdgeRatioMetric.cpp
index 752c3ef60d66d5ad9e2f9e52fa678bcc9c625efb..bb6bb3b7396f92870aba85d0e9f1d022fc852baf 100644
--- a/MeshLib/MeshQuality/RadiusEdgeRatioMetric.cpp
+++ b/MeshLib/MeshQuality/RadiusEdgeRatioMetric.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ void RadiusEdgeRatioMetric::calculateQuality ()
     {
         Element const& elem (*elements[k]);
         std::size_t const n_nodes (elem.getNNodes());
-        MeshLib::Node* const*const nodes = elem.getNodes();
         std::vector<GeoLib::Point*> pnts(n_nodes);
         std::copy_n(elem.getNodes(), n_nodes, pnts.begin());
         GeoLib::MinimalBoundingSphere const s(pnts);