diff --git a/components/mpas-framework/src/driver/mpas.F b/components/mpas-framework/src/driver/mpas.F
index f7c726d10787..66cfbfed30a4 100644
--- a/components/mpas-framework/src/driver/mpas.F
+++ b/components/mpas-framework/src/driver/mpas.F
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ program mpas
 
    implicit none
 
-   type (core_type), pointer :: corelist => null()
    type (domain_type), pointer :: domain => null()
 
    call mpas_init(corelist, domain)