diff --git a/src/gui/modalMenu.cpp b/src/gui/modalMenu.cpp
index b05bed490..172eb11e6 100644
--- a/src/gui/modalMenu.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/modalMenu.cpp
@@ -252,11 +252,6 @@ bool GUIModalMenu::preprocessEvent(const SEvent &event)
 				return retval;
 
 			m_jni_field_name = field_name;
-			std::string label = wide_to_utf8(getLabelByID(hovered->getID()));
-			if (label.empty())
-				label = "text";
-			/*~ Imperative, as in "Type in text" */
-			std::string message = fmtgettext("Enter %s:");
 
 			// single line text input
 			int type = 2;