diff --git a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
index 15330ab5c3..c8cc4d0c8a 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/avatars/AvatarMixerSlave.cpp
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ void AvatarMixerSlave::broadcastAvatarDataToAgent(const SharedNodePointer& node)
     // reset the number of sent avatars
     nodeData->resetNumAvatarsSentLastFrame();
 
-    // keep a counter of the number of considered avatars
-    int numOtherAvatars = 0;
-
     // keep track of outbound data rate specifically for avatar data
     int numAvatarDataBytes = 0;
     int identityBytesSent = 0;
@@ -427,8 +424,6 @@ void AvatarMixerSlave::broadcastAvatarDataToAgent(const SharedNodePointer& node)
 
         auto startAvatarDataPacking = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
 
-        ++numOtherAvatars;
-
         const AvatarMixerClientData* otherNodeData = reinterpret_cast<const AvatarMixerClientData*>(otherNode->getLinkedData());
         const AvatarData* otherAvatar = otherNodeData->getConstAvatarData();