diff --git a/opm/simulators/wells/GroupTargetCalculator.cpp b/opm/simulators/wells/GroupTargetCalculator.cpp
index 9434002fbd..c227733d11 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/wells/GroupTargetCalculator.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/wells/GroupTargetCalculator.cpp
@@ -590,7 +590,6 @@ GroupTargetCalculator<Scalar, IndexTraits>::
 TopToBottomCalculator::
 initForInjector_()
 {
-    auto calc = this->getInjectionTargetCalculator_(this->top_group_);
     auto guide_target_mode =
         std::get<InjectionTargetCalculator>(this->target_calculator_).guideTargetMode();
     this->fraction_calculator_.emplace(