diff --git a/weight.module b/weight.module
index e6667b6ad4d4cb5678c993884e54a51f2394cf0b..2e4d5f9215dcf102279825d27592ad8c304165ba 100644
--- a/weight.module
+++ b/weight.module
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ function _weight_set_weight($node) {
   }
 
   if (module_exists('translation') && $node->nid != $node->tnid) {
-    $settings = _weight_get_settings($node->type);
     if ($settings['sync_translations']) {
       $weight = _weight_get_weight($node->tnid);
     }