diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yaml
index 1070e7212..a497102d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-whitespace.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "## Whitespace Check Results" >${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}
         echo '```' >>${GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY}
-        err=0
         commit=
         while read dash hash subj
         do