diff --git a/ddos-mitigator.sh b/ddos-mitigator.sh
index 1054ec3..84da884 100755
--- a/ddos-mitigator.sh
+++ b/ddos-mitigator.sh
@@ -442,8 +442,6 @@ file24="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-24.txt"
 file32="${tmpdir}/sorted-http-32.txt"
 # This file will contain the addresses to be banned.
 banlist="${tmpdir}/banlist.txt"
-# This file contains the output of the last invocation of whois
-whoisoutput="${tmpdir}/whois.txt"
 
 touch "${banlist}"