diff --git a/modules/node/node.module b/modules/node/node.module
index 983401793d3c..210d0f841cbe 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1532,7 +1532,6 @@ function node_admin_content() {
 }
 
 function node_admin_nodes() {
-  global $form_values;
   $filter = node_build_filter_query();
 
   $result = pager_query('SELECT n.*, u.name, u.uid FROM {node} n '. $filter['join'] .' INNER JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid '. $filter['where'] .' ORDER BY n.changed DESC', 50, 0, NULL, $filter['args']);