diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7e4cade..f94396a8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ $.contextMenu is published under the [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/lic
 * adding [DOM Element bound context menus](http://medialize.github.com/jQuery-contextMenu/demo/on-dom-element.html) - ([Issue 88](https://github.com/medialize/jQuery-contextMenu/issues/88))
 * fixing key "watch" might translate to Object.prototype.watch in callbacks map - ([Issue 93](https://github.com/medialize/jQuery-contextMenu/issues/93))
 * fixing menu and submenu width calculation - ([Issue 18](https://github.com/medialize/jQuery-contextMenu/issues/18))
+* fixing unused variables - ([Issue 100](https://github.com/medialize/jQuery-contextMenu/issues/100))
 
 ### 1.5.25 ###
 
diff --git a/src/jquery.contextMenu.js b/src/jquery.contextMenu.js
index 9ca07c67..530c4da1 100755
--- a/src/jquery.contextMenu.js
+++ b/src/jquery.contextMenu.js
@@ -412,9 +412,7 @@ var // currently active contextMenu trigger
             e.stopPropagation();
         },
         key: function(e) {
-            var opt = $currentTrigger.data('contextMenu') || {},
-                $children = opt.$menu.children(),
-                $round;
+            var opt = $currentTrigger.data('contextMenu') || {};
 
             switch (e.keyCode) {
                 case 9: