diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/frontier/WorkQueueFrontier.java b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/frontier/WorkQueueFrontier.java
index fd97ae34..b7db0ced 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/frontier/WorkQueueFrontier.java
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/frontier/WorkQueueFrontier.java
@@ -731,9 +731,6 @@ implements Closeable,
             // nothing eligible
             return null; 
     }
-    
-    // temporary debugging support
-    int depthFindEligibleURI = 0; 
 
     /**
      * Check for any future-scheduled URIs now eligible for reenqueuing