diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server
index 474f2f7b8..8732d31bf 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker-server
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ _ping_server() {
 
 _ping_server_intf() {
 	local host=$1
-	local valid_ip6=$(valid_subnet6 "$host")
 	for intf in $(multipath 2>/dev/null | awk '/default/ {print $1}'); do
 		local k=0
 		while [ "$server_ping" = false ] && [ "$k" -le "$retry" ]; do