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diff --git a/synapse/appservice/api.py b/synapse/appservice/api.py
index da9a5e86d4..f92bfb420b 100644
--- a/synapse/appservice/api.py
+++ b/synapse/appservice/api.py
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ class ApplicationServiceApi(SimpleHttpClient):
         if service.url is None:
             return False
         uri = service.url + ("/users/%s" % urllib.parse.quote(user_id))
-        response = None
         try:
             response = yield self.get_json(uri, {"access_token": service.hs_token})
             if response is not None:  # just an empty json object