diff --git a/unsloth/kernels/utils.py b/unsloth/kernels/utils.py
index 7a69274719..fc45a2b4ba 100644
--- a/unsloth/kernels/utils.py
+++ b/unsloth/kernels/utils.py
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ pass
 if HAS_CUDA_STREAM:
     @torch.inference_mode
     def fast_dequantize(W, quant_state = None, out = None, use_global_buffer = False):
-        use_global_buffer = False
         if quant_state is None: return W
         if type(quant_state) is not list:
             # New quant_state as a class