diff --git a/qurator/sbb_textline_detector/main.py b/qurator/sbb_textline_detector/main.py
index c136e61..bae9a7e 100644
--- a/qurator/sbb_textline_detector/main.py
+++ b/qurator/sbb_textline_detector/main.py
@@ -2164,8 +2164,6 @@ class textline_detector:
 @click.option('--out', '-o', help='directory to write output xml data', type=click.Path(exists=True, file_okay=False))
 @click.option('--model', '-m', help='directory of models', type=click.Path(exists=True, file_okay=False))
 def main(image, out, model):
-    possibles = globals()  # XXX unused?
-    possibles.update(locals())
     x = textline_detector(image, out, None, model)
     x.run()