diff --git a/question/type/datasetdependent/datasetdefinitions.php b/question/type/datasetdependent/datasetdefinitions.php
index 30e7c857bd6cf..6b0113683cf07 100644
--- a/question/type/datasetdependent/datasetdefinitions.php
+++ b/question/type/datasetdependent/datasetdefinitions.php
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 $datasetmenus = $this->construct_dataset_menus(
         $form, $mandatorydatasets, $possibledatasets);
 // prepare shared wild card display
-        $labelsharedwildcard = get_string("sharedwildcard", "qtype_datasetdependent");
         $datadefscat= array();
         $datadefscat  = $this->get_dataset_definitions_category($form);