diff --git a/evennia/commands/cmdparser.py b/evennia/commands/cmdparser.py
index 0c321a7b12..64fcf2e57f 100644
--- a/evennia/commands/cmdparser.py
+++ b/evennia/commands/cmdparser.py
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ def build_matches(raw_string, cmdset, include_prefixes=False):
     """
     matches = []
     try:
-        orig_string = raw_string
         if not include_prefixes and len(raw_string) > 1:
             raw_string = raw_string.lstrip(_CMD_IGNORE_PREFIXES)
         search_string = raw_string.lower()