1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/util/FileAsString.java b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/util/FileAsString.java
index 27d5b6c79..7853346f5 100644
--- a/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/util/FileAsString.java
+++ b/pki/base/common/src/com/netscape/cmscore/util/FileAsString.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class FileAsString {
     private void readFile()
             throws IOException {
         BufferedReader br = createBufferedReader(mFilename);
-        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer("");
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
         int bytesread = 0;
 
         do {
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ public class FileAsString {
             if (bytesread > 0) {
                 buf.append(cbuf, 0, bytesread);
             }
-            String s = new String(buf);
         } while (bytesread != -1);
         br.close();