diff --git a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
index 4151f19b..76fd0e44 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Qemu.pm
@@ -2858,8 +2858,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 	} else {
 
 	    my $realcmd = sub {
-		my $upid = shift;
-
 		PVE::QemuMigrate->migrate($target, $targetip, $vmid, $param);
 	    };