diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
index 08d76d7b3b81d..bbaa1e11a4e9f 100755
--- a/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/streamline_config.pl
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ sub dprint {
     print STDERR @_;
 }
 
-my $config = ".config";
-
 my $uname = `uname -r`;
 chomp $uname;