diff --git a/exec/load/dd_lightbar_menu.js b/exec/load/dd_lightbar_menu.js
index 60d20e700fecaf5b386f322ca46ba14760e31aae..eda8baab21d35e31187e6497fca6029ca496039a 100644
--- a/exec/load/dd_lightbar_menu.js
+++ b/exec/load/dd_lightbar_menu.js
@@ -3434,9 +3434,6 @@ function substrWithAttrCodes(pStr, pStartIdx, pLen)
 	var screenLen = console.strlen(pStr);
 	if (typeof(pStartIdx) === "number" && pStartIdx >= 0 && pStartIdx < screenLen)
 		startIdx = pStartIdx;
-	var len = 0;
-	if (typeof(pLen) === "number" && pLen <= screenLen - startIdx)
-		len = pLen;
 
 	// Find the real start index.  If there are Synchronet attribute 
 	startIdx = printedToRealIdxInStr(pStr, startIdx);