diff --git a/src/backend/foreign/foreign.c b/src/backend/foreign/foreign.c
index 2d60eff9459..eccd8384411 100644
--- a/src/backend/foreign/foreign.c
+++ b/src/backend/foreign/foreign.c
@@ -419,9 +419,6 @@ GetForeignTableOnSegment(Oid relid)
 	SysScanDesc	ftscan;
 	HeapTuple	fttuple;
 	int 		i;
-	int 		segNumber;
-
-	segNumber = GetForeignTableSegNumbers(relid);
 
 	foreignTableRel = table_open(ForeignTableRelationSegId, AccessShareLock);