diff --git a/Processes/Sibyll/Interaction.cc b/Processes/Sibyll/Interaction.cc
index 222236a8a126bb8faef3b9c1e4960bb26b0726b5..7e525ca3e7e47b37ab991ce192609f51383f5e80 100644
--- a/Processes/Sibyll/Interaction.cc
+++ b/Processes/Sibyll/Interaction.cc
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ namespace corsika::process::sibyll {
           auto const p3lab = Plab.GetSpaceLikeComponents();
           assert(p3lab.GetCoordinateSystem() == originalCS); // just to be sure!
 
-          auto const pid = process::sibyll::ConvertFromSibyll(psib.GetPID());
-
           // add to corsika stack
           auto pnew = vP.AddSecondary(
               tuple<particles::Code, units::si::HEPEnergyType, stack::MomentumVector,