diff --git a/exec/tdfiglet.js b/exec/tdfiglet.js
index ca6c96cd25f9b1ea401bdc38d66cbaa1465fc9ff..379355f2b853fdb0bdf2d1a4dd632f6dcf82f262 100644
--- a/exec/tdfiglet.js
+++ b/exec/tdfiglet.js
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ opt = {
     index: 0
 };
 
-// Character list
-var charlist = "!\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~";
-
 // Function declarations (Synchronet JS style)
 function usage() {
     writeln("usage: [options] input");