diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/config/counter/counter_common_1.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/config/counter/counter_common_1.tcl
index 1a16dd32..9ad2782c 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/config/counter/counter_common_1.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/config/counter/counter_common_1.tcl
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ namespace eval counter {
 
 proc ::counter::transferscript {} {
   variable isc_numchannels
-    bm status
     set val [SplitReply [bm1 gettime]]
     for {set i 1} {$i <= $isc_numchannels}  {incr i} {
       append val " [SplitReply [bm$i getcounts] ]"