diff --git a/tbl_change.php b/tbl_change.php
index 74f0ddf7ba..1ba2879a21 100644
--- a/tbl_change.php
+++ b/tbl_change.php
@@ -80,13 +80,6 @@ $err_url = $GLOBALS['goto'] . PMA_generate_common_url($_url_params);
 unset($_url_params);
 
 
-/**
- * Sets parameters for links
- * where is this variable used?
- * replace by PMA_generate_common_url($url_params);
- */
-$url_query = PMA_generate_common_url($url_params, 'html', '');
-
 /**
  * get table information
  * @todo should be done by a Table object