diff --git a/include/bbcode.php b/include/bbcode.php
index ef7053010..261bdfcf6 100644
--- a/include/bbcode.php
+++ b/include/bbcode.php
@@ -485,8 +485,6 @@ function bb_ShareAttributes($share, $simplehtml)
 
 	$posted = "";
 
-	$itemcache = get_itemcachepath();
-
 	preg_match("/posted='(.*?)'/ism", $attributes, $matches);
 	if (x($matches, 1)) {
 		$posted = $matches[1];