diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp
index bbf5017a..c0e6cc92 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ namespace SHADE
 
     // Apply transformations to this node
     const int BONE_MTX_IDX = rig->GetNodeIndex(node);
-    std::optional<SHVec3> position;
     if (BONE_MTX_IDX >= 0)
     {
       boneMatrices[BONE_MTX_IDX] = node->OffsetMatrix * transformMatrix;