diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshots.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshots.java
index c34a449ad7f79..1e2c8e0e91c22 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshots.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/snapshots/blobstore/BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshots.java
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ public static BlobStoreIndexShardSnapshots fromXContent(XContentParser parser) t
         }
         Map<String, List<String>> snapshotsMap = new HashMap<>();
         Map<String, String> historyUUIDs = new HashMap<>();
-        Map<String, Long> globalCheckpoints = new HashMap<>();
         Map<String, FileInfo> files = new HashMap<>();
         if (token == XContentParser.Token.START_OBJECT) {
             while ((token = parser.nextToken()) != XContentParser.Token.END_OBJECT) {