diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
index 28438a1712..603bd184c9 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OmMetadataManagerImpl.java
@@ -637,7 +637,6 @@ public List<BlockGroup> getPendingDeletionKeys(final int keyCount)
   @Override
   public List<BlockGroup> getExpiredOpenKeys() throws IOException {
     List<BlockGroup> keyBlocksList = Lists.newArrayList();
-    long now = Time.now();
     // TODO: Fix the getExpiredOpenKeys, Not part of this patch.
     return keyBlocksList;
   }