diff --git a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/otr/OtrTransformLayer.java b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/otr/OtrTransformLayer.java
index 8d653a6c9..1fe632401 100644
--- a/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/otr/OtrTransformLayer.java
+++ b/src/net/java/sip/communicator/plugin/otr/OtrTransformLayer.java
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ public class OtrTransformLayer
      */
     public MessageDeliveredEvent messageDelivered(MessageDeliveredEvent evt)
     {
-        Contact contact = evt.getDestinationContact();
-        OtrContact otrContact =
-            OtrContactManager.getOtrContact(contact, evt.getContactResource());
-
         if (OtrActivator.scOtrEngine.isMessageUIDInjected(evt
             .getSourceMessage().getMessageUID()))
             // If this is a message otr4j injected earlier, don't display it,