diff --git a/utilities/accelerate b/utilities/accelerate
index e44bca71d6b..38a96caba17 100644
--- a/utilities/accelerate
+++ b/utilities/accelerate
@@ -360,13 +360,11 @@ class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
             return dict(failed=True, msg='internal error: out_path is required')
 
         final_path = None
-        final_user = None
         if 'user' in data and data.get('user') != getpass.getuser():
             vv("the target user doesn't match this user, we'll move the file into place via sudo")
             (fd,out_path) = tempfile.mkstemp(prefix='ansible.', dir=os.path.expanduser('~/.ansible/tmp/'))
             out_fd = os.fdopen(fd, 'w', 0)
             final_path = data['out_path']
-            final_user = data['user']
         else:
             out_path = data['out_path']
             out_fd = open(out_path, 'w')