diff --git a/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c b/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c
index 6ba6cdf..b1620d4 100644
--- a/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c
+++ b/ospf6d/ospf6_asbr.c
@@ -58,18 +58,13 @@
 {
   char buffer[OSPF6_MAX_LSASIZE];
   struct ospf6_lsa_header *lsa_header;
-  struct ospf6_lsa *old, *lsa;
+  struct ospf6_lsa *lsa;
   struct ospf6_external_info *info = route->route_option;
 
   struct ospf6_as_external_lsa *as_external_lsa;
   char buf[64];
   caddr_t p;
 
-  /* find previous LSA */
-  old = ospf6_lsdb_lookup (htons (OSPF6_LSTYPE_AS_EXTERNAL),
-                           route->path.origin.id, ospf6->router_id,
-                           ospf6->lsdb);
-
   if (IS_OSPF6_DEBUG_ASBR || IS_OSPF6_DEBUG_ORIGINATE (AS_EXTERNAL))
     {
       prefix2str (&route->prefix, buf, sizeof (buf));