diff --git a/lib/fileutils.rb b/lib/fileutils.rb
index 44519d0d31..3b4e30213e 100644
--- a/lib/fileutils.rb
+++ b/lib/fileutils.rb
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ module FileUtils
   def touch(list, options = {})
     fu_check_options options, OPT_TABLE['touch']
     list = fu_list(list)
-    created = nocreate = options[:nocreate]
+    nocreate = options[:nocreate]
     t = options[:mtime]
     if options[:verbose]
       fu_output_message "touch #{nocreate ? '-c ' : ''}#{t ? t.strftime('-t %Y%m%d%H%M.%S ') : ''}#{list.join ' '}"