diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_sync_module_aws.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_sync_module_aws.cc
index adf8d2db4bb676..8d55b43de30208 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_sync_module_aws.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_sync_module_aws.cc
@@ -1015,9 +1015,6 @@ int RGWAWSSyncModule::create_instance(CephContext *cct, const JSONFormattable& c
 
   conf.bucket_suffix = config["bucket_suffix"];
 
-  string access_key;
-  string secret;
-
   string access_key = config["access_key"];
   string secret = config["secret"];