diff --git a/scripts/init_cl.py b/scripts/init_cl.py
index d4a14df4cd339872dc62c2de5898b04f07e75c76..d022205a3a549f3f60affb06824514d7c2cda7e0 100644
--- a/scripts/init_cl.py
+++ b/scripts/init_cl.py
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ _InitRuleBasedBuilder()
 import os.path
 HistoryFile=os.path.expanduser('~/.ost_history')
 
-# this is a silly name...
-InGUIMode=False
 # ... lets be more pythonic
 gui_mode=False