diff --git a/Doc/lib/minidom-example.py b/Doc/lib/minidom-example.py
index 3745ca1a330..3fa15dd4587 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/minidom-example.py
+++ b/Doc/lib/minidom-example.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ document = """\
 
 dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(document)
 
-space = " "
 def getText(nodelist):
     rc = ""
     for node in nodelist: