diff --git a/config/presubmits.py b/config/presubmits.py
index a5113cc3e..20364eac1 100644
--- a/config/presubmits.py
+++ b/config/presubmits.py
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ PRESUBMITS = {
 
 
 def get_files():
-  result = []
   for root, dirnames, filenames in os.walk("."):
     for filename in filenames:
       yield os.path.join(root, filename)