diff --git a/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp b/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp
index ac4c2563e87fb8776964e43e756bc278495e8a9f..8b8fa9d2346b9b3fbb6043efc7d29ab79404b2bf 100644
--- a/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp
+++ b/bindings/java/jni/auto_db_java.cpp
@@ -605,8 +605,6 @@ TskAutoDbJava::addFile(TSK_FS_FILE* fs_file,
         return TSK_ERR;
     }
 
-    const jchar * foo = m_jniEnv->GetStringChars(pathj, 0);
-
     // Escaped path is not needed beyond this point so free it.
     free(escaped_path);