diff --git a/papis-marvin b/papis-marvin
index 4b20077..5e0af56 100755
--- a/papis-marvin
+++ b/papis-marvin
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ with open(fpath) as f:
 
     title_strip_pattern = re.compile(r"([^\s\w]|_)+")
     old_title = ""
-    highlights = []
     note_file = ""
     for row in csv:
         title_stripped = title_strip_pattern.sub("", row["Title"])