diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 879d1cc8..8039c5ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Remove unused line in SCM::Base (closes #5619) [chris@seagul.co.uk]
+
 * More efficient "svn log" usage (closes #5620) [Anatol Pomozov]
 
 * Better support for key passphrases in the SVN module (closes #5920) [llasram@gmail.com]
diff --git a/lib/capistrano/scm/base.rb b/lib/capistrano/scm/base.rb
index 2ac8efb7..b9f82459 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/scm/base.rb
+++ b/lib/capistrano/scm/base.rb
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ module Capistrano
       private
 
         def run_checkout(actor, guts, &block)
-          log = "#{configuration.deploy_to}/revisions.log"
           directory = File.basename(configuration.release_path)
 
           command = <<-STR