diff --git a/webservice/webservice.py b/webservice/webservice.py
index d01b9cdde81c94d5274d891407d59437018521bb..cf175f068146fda2333ac15cd5e167ba877460e7 100644
--- a/webservice/webservice.py
+++ b/webservice/webservice.py
@@ -523,15 +523,12 @@ async def wait_transfers(wait_runs: List[str], in_folder: str, proposal: str):
     :param proposal: Proposal number
     :return: True if all runs transferred, false on timeout
     """
-    all_transfers = []
-
     logging.debug("Waiting for: propsal %s, runs %s", proposal, wait_runs)
 
     # FIXME: this loop should be an asyncio.gather
     for runnr in wait_runs:
         rpath = "{}/r{:04d}/".format(in_folder, int(runnr))
         transfer_complete = await wait_on_transfer(rpath)
-        all_transfers.append(transfer_complete)
         if not transfer_complete:
             logging.error(
                 Errors.TRANSFER_EVAL_FAILED.format(proposal, runnr)