diff --git a/lib/github-asana.js b/lib/github-asana.js
index 458111f..1278860 100644
--- a/lib/github-asana.js
+++ b/lib/github-asana.js
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ function getTaskActions(commits) {
 
 function sendTaskCommentsToAsana(tasks) {
   var auth = 'Basic ' + new Buffer(asana_key+":").toString('base64');
-  var message = '';
   for (var i in tasks) {
     var task = tasks[i];
     if (task.verb=='fix') {