diff --git a/bin/db_assembler/db_assembler.sh b/bin/db_assembler/db_assembler.sh
index d5bf3fac1..5a62ccc48 100755
--- a/bin/db_assembler/db_assembler.sh
+++ b/bin/db_assembler/db_assembler.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ if [ -f "./config.sh"  ]; then
     source "./config.sh" # should overwrite previous
 fi
 
-unamestr=`uname`
 if [[ "$unamestr" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
     MD5_CMD="md5"
 else