diff --git a/code/modules/food/recipe.dm b/code/modules/food/recipe.dm
index 8b13f8b55ca..8e553bf532d 100644
--- a/code/modules/food/recipe.dm
+++ b/code/modules/food/recipe.dm
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@
 // When exact is true, extraneous ingredients will fail the recipe
 // In both cases, the full set of required ingredients is still needed
 /proc/select_recipe(var/list/datum/recipe/available_recipes, var/obj/obj as obj, var/exact)
-	var/list/datum/recipe/possible_recipes = list()
 	var/highest_count = 0
 	var/count = 0
 	for (var/datum/recipe/recipe in available_recipes)