diff --git a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java
index 53378b208cb43..5f3ac4f5040b5 100644
--- a/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java
+++ b/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/clients/producer/internals/Sender.java
@@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ private Node awaitNodeReady(FindCoordinatorRequest.CoordinatorType coordinatorTy
      */
     private void handleProduceResponse(ClientResponse response, Map<TopicPartition, ProducerBatch> batches, long now) {
         RequestHeader requestHeader = response.requestHeader();
-        long receivedTimeMs = response.receivedTimeMs();
         int correlationId = requestHeader.correlationId();
         if (response.wasDisconnected()) {
             log.trace("Cancelled request with header {} due to node {} being disconnected",