diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c b/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c
index 72da786fc..22700efd5 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-engine-ldap.c
@@ -543,11 +543,6 @@ my_ldap_connect (parsed_uri_t uri, LDAP **ldap_connp,
     }
   else
     {
-      struct uri_tuple_s *password_param;
-
-      password_param = uri_query_lookup (uri, "password");
-      password = password_param ? password_param->value : NULL;
-
       host = uri->host;
       port = uri->port;
       bindname = uri->auth;