diff --git a/src/user.js b/src/user.js
index fe9d9de0f..b3befc31c 100644
--- a/src/user.js
+++ b/src/user.js
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ function updateUser(userId, data, auditSource, callback) {
         if (error) return callback(error);
     }
 
-    userdb.get(userId, function (error, user) {
+    userdb.get(userId, function (error) {
         if (error && error.reason === DatabaseError.NOT_FOUND) return callback(new UserError(UserError.NOT_FOUND));
         if (error) return callback(new UserError(UserError.INTERNAL_ERROR, error));