diff --git a/webservice/webservice.py b/webservice/webservice.py
index a0f9d56795095d2d25c23067114ddf4c38cdc108..86495751e5815e621e4b69cc54314a8850f21d66 100644
--- a/webservice/webservice.py
+++ b/webservice/webservice.py
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ async def run_action(job_db, cmd, mode, proposal, run, exec_id) -> str:
             message = Success.START_CORRECTION.format(proposal, run)
 
         # Save submitted jobs to persistent database.
-        c = job_db.cursor()  # FIXME: asyncio
         rstr = stdout.decode()
 
         for r in rstr.split("\n"):