diff --git a/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFile.java b/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFile.java
index b6fc531b..0784f50e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFile.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/qortal/arbitrary/ArbitraryDataFile.java
@@ -600,7 +600,6 @@ public class ArbitraryDataFile {
             }
 
             try {
-                ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
                 for (ArbitraryDataFileChunk chunk : this.chunks) {
                     byte[] chunkHash = chunk.digest();
                     if (chunkHash.length != 32) {