diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/plugin/CodeGenMojo.java b/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/plugin/CodeGenMojo.java
index 79a100bba21..261d539e2e5 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/plugin/CodeGenMojo.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen-maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/plugin/CodeGenMojo.java
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ public class CodeGenMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
 
-        Swagger swagger = new SwaggerParser().read(inputSpec);
-
         //attempt to read from config file
         CodegenConfigurator configurator = CodegenConfigurator.fromFile(configurationFile);