diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_route.c b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
index 382638aee7..324c402aa9 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_route.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_route.c
@@ -5449,7 +5449,6 @@ static void bgp_aggregate_route(struct bgp *bgp, struct prefix *p,
 	struct community *commerge = NULL;
 	struct bgp_info *ri;
 	struct bgp_info *new;
-	bool first = true;
 	unsigned long match = 0;
 	uint8_t atomic_aggregate = 0;
 
@@ -5480,9 +5479,6 @@ static void bgp_aggregate_route(struct bgp *bgp, struct prefix *p,
 			if (del && ri == del)
 				continue;
 
-			if (!rinew && first)
-				first = false;
-
 			if (ri->attr->flag
 			    & ATTR_FLAG_BIT(BGP_ATTR_ATOMIC_AGGREGATE))
 				atomic_aggregate = 1;