diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSet.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSet.java
index a0786a4a7..a90a4a600 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSet.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/FilterSet.java
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ public class FilterSet extends DataType implements Cloneable {
         if (!readingFiles) {
             readingFiles = true;
             final int size = filtersFiles.size();
-            for (int i = 0, sz = size; i < sz; i++) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
                 readFiltersFromFile((File) filtersFiles.get(i));
             }
             filtersFiles.clear();