diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
index 160a4aedff1949ac23cfabe8b835efda740e1106..b459b26cb4456a81a2922879243a21609ce6fa06 100644
--- a/documentation/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/conf.py
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ def getDocumentationUrl(base_name, repo_dir):
     with open(repo_dir + '/.git/HEAD', 'r') as file :
         lines = file.read().splitlines()
 
-    branchname=''
-    name=''
-
     for line in lines:
         if "ref:" in line:
             branchname=line.partition("refs/heads/")[1]