diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
index 73da8ae6a2..0cd3a1c153 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ python do_populate_cve_db() {
 
     db_file = d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE")
     db_dir = os.path.dirname(db_file)
-    json_tmpfile = os.path.join(db_dir, 'nvd.json.gz')
 
     if os.path.exists("{0}-journal".format(db_file)):
         # If a journal is present the last update might have been interrupted. In that case,