diff --git a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/MetaDataStorageHandlerXML.php b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/MetaDataStorageHandlerXML.php
index d7344319588511ea9c3f6a9fcd7863087b427355..c4707f4b5c1fc06ea09780e06a470f345159e48f 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/MetaDataStorageHandlerXML.php
+++ b/lib/SimpleSAML/Metadata/MetaDataStorageHandlerXML.php
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ class MetaDataStorageHandlerXML extends MetaDataStorageSource
         }
 
 
-        $SP1x = [];
-        $IdP1x = [];
         $SP20 = [];
         $IdP20 = [];
         $AAD = [];