diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java
index 9dd6947779..089a4c2936 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/MainApp.java
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ public class MainApp extends MultiDexApplication implements HasAndroidInjector {
         // we don't want to handle crashes occurring inside crash reporter activity/process;
         // let the platform deal with those
         final boolean isCrashReportingProcess = getAppProcessName().endsWith(":crash");
-        final boolean useExceptionHandler = !appInfo.isDebugBuild();
 
         if (!isCrashReportingProcess && !appInfo.isDebugBuild()) {
             Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler defaultPlatformHandler = Thread.getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler();