diff --git a/src/backend/distributed/planner/modify_planner.c b/src/backend/distributed/planner/modify_planner.c
index 4484e53bb..f7f3cf9a1 100644
--- a/src/backend/distributed/planner/modify_planner.c
+++ b/src/backend/distributed/planner/modify_planner.c
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ ErrorIfQueryNotSupported(Query *queryTree)
 	Oid distributedTableId = ExtractFirstDistributedTableId(queryTree);
 	uint32 rangeTableId = 1;
 	Var *partitionColumn = PartitionColumn(distributedTableId, rangeTableId);
-	char partitionMethod = PartitionMethod(distributedTableId);
 	List *rangeTableList = NIL;
 	ListCell *rangeTableCell = NULL;
 	bool hasValuesScan = false;