diff --git a/local/src/core/https.cc b/local/src/core/https.cc
index 9d872c6d..5235c7ab 100644
--- a/local/src/core/https.cc
+++ b/local/src/core/https.cc
@@ -266,8 +266,6 @@ TLSSession::write(TextView view)
 {
   TextView remaining = view;
   swoc::Rv<ssize_t> num_written = 0;
-  static int write_count = 0;
-  ++write_count;
   while (!remaining.empty()) {
     if (this->is_closed()) {
       num_written.note(S_DIAG, "SSL_write failed: session is closed");