diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Load.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Load.scala
index d3e15cb8f..3e79ab046 100755
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Load.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/Load.scala
@@ -316,7 +316,6 @@ object Load {
   def load(file: File, loaders: BuildLoader, extra: List[URI]): sbt.PartBuild = loadURI(IO.directoryURI(file), loaders, extra)
   def loadURI(uri: URI, loaders: BuildLoader, extra: List[URI]): sbt.PartBuild =
     {
-      val log = loaders.config.log
       IO.assertAbsolute(uri)
       val (referenced, map, newLoaders) = loadAll(uri :: extra, Map.empty, loaders, Map.empty)
       checkAll(referenced, map)