diff --git a/examples/login/client.lua b/examples/login/client.lua
index dfb51a89..b369a736 100644
--- a/examples/login/client.lua
+++ b/examples/login/client.lua
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ local function encode_token(token)
 end
 
 local etoken = crypt.desencode(secret, encode_token(token))
-local b = crypt.base64encode(etoken)
 writeline(fd, crypt.base64encode(etoken))
 
 local result = readline()