diff --git a/Lib/textwrap.py b/Lib/textwrap.py
index 32ab10bfbac..8e3d8cf5945 100644
--- a/Lib/textwrap.py
+++ b/Lib/textwrap.py
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ def wrap(self, text):
         converted to space.
         """
         text = self._munge_whitespace(text)
-        indent = self.initial_indent
         chunks = self._split(text)
         if self.fix_sentence_endings:
             self._fix_sentence_endings(chunks)