diff --git a/lib/commands/parser.pm b/lib/commands/parser.pm
index 8a99d7b755a5bdd82754218b688eb079914313e1..91caf20951fa781747f13eade7c4f7c881501163 100644
--- a/lib/commands/parser.pm
+++ b/lib/commands/parser.pm
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ sub exec {
 	}
 	elsif ($msg =~ /^ *!later(?: (-?[0-9]+))?(?: in ([0-9]*)?(h|m|s)?)?/) {
         my $index = $1;
-        my $offset = ($1) ? $1 : 0;
         my ($time, $unit) = ($2, $3);
 
         try {