diff --git a/lib/MemoryHandler.js b/lib/MemoryHandler.js
index da8bd0de..f87e9d5e 100644
--- a/lib/MemoryHandler.js
+++ b/lib/MemoryHandler.js
@@ -104,9 +104,8 @@ MemoryStore.prototype.delete = function(request, callback) {
   partialResource contains a subset of changes that need to be merged over the original.
  */
 MemoryStore.prototype.update = function(request, partialResource, callback) {
-  var self = this;
   // Find the requested resource
-  self.find(request, function(err, theResource) {
+  this.find(request, function(err, theResource) {
     if (err) return callback(err);
 
     // Merge the partialResource over the original