diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/System.Xaml/System/Xaml/Parser/MePullParser.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/System.Xaml/System/Xaml/Parser/MePullParser.cs
index cf01a6011e9..c2943d93b70 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/System.Xaml/System/Xaml/Parser/MePullParser.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Wpf/src/System.Xaml/System/Xaml/Parser/MePullParser.cs
@@ -495,8 +495,6 @@ private XamlNode Logic_EndPositionalParameters()
             // stack, but were not pushed onto the parser stack, so the
             // ME is still the CurrentType for us.
 
-            XamlType xamlType = _context.CurrentType;
-
             _context.CurrentArgCount = 0;
             _context.CurrentMember = null;
             return new XamlNode(XamlNodeType.EndMember);