diff --git a/Meshtastic/Extensions/CoreData/ChannelEntityExtension.swift b/Meshtastic/Extensions/CoreData/ChannelEntityExtension.swift
index 8d7962b4..3d0fc0f1 100644
--- a/Meshtastic/Extensions/CoreData/ChannelEntityExtension.swift
+++ b/Meshtastic/Extensions/CoreData/ChannelEntityExtension.swift
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ extension ChannelEntity {
 	}
 
 	func unreadMessages(context: NSManagedObjectContext) -> Int {
-		let context = PersistenceController.shared.container.viewContext
 		let fetchRequest = messageFetchRequest
 		fetchRequest.sortDescriptors = [] // sort is irrelvant.
 		fetchRequest.predicate = NSCompoundPredicate(andPredicateWithSubpredicates: [fetchRequest.predicate!, NSPredicate(format: "read == false")])