diff --git a/fetch-pack.c b/fetch-pack.c
index 84d5a66967..48526aa54b 100644
--- a/fetch-pack.c
+++ b/fetch-pack.c
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ static int everything_local(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 
 	for (retval = 1, ref = *refs; ref ; ref = ref->next) {
 		const unsigned char *remote = ref->old_sha1;
-		unsigned char local[20];
 		struct object *o;
 
 		o = lookup_object(remote);
@@ -641,8 +640,6 @@ static int everything_local(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 				ref->name);
 			continue;
 		}
-
-		hashcpy(ref->new_sha1, local);
 		if (!args->verbose)
 			continue;
 		fprintf(stderr,