diff --git a/src/uas/UAS.cc b/src/uas/UAS.cc
index 861b59a0b8e61a7526d649a1b2fed1a41b40dd80..399a0bf787d5d000fd0b71b7b372f42c53c1272e 100644
--- a/src/uas/UAS.cc
+++ b/src/uas/UAS.cc
@@ -181,9 +181,6 @@ void UAS::receiveMessage(mavlink_message_t message)
     // and we already got one attitude packet
     if (message.sysid == uasId && (!attitudeStamped || lastAttitude != 0 || message.msgid == MAVLINK_MSG_ID_ATTITUDE))
     {
-        QString uasState;
-        QString stateDescription;
-
         bool multiComponentSourceDetected = false;
         bool wrongComponent = false;