diff --git a/throttle.go b/throttle.go
index 306fd5b..c6fc37c 100644
--- a/throttle.go
+++ b/throttle.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package main
 import (
 	"context"
 	"io"
-	"time"
 
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 )
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ type throttledWriter struct {
 
 func (tw throttledWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	if tw.limiter != nil {
-		start := time.Now()
 		if block := tw.limiter.Burst(); len(b) > block {
 			b = b[:block]
 		}