diff --git a/code/client/munkilib/fetch.py b/code/client/munkilib/fetch.py
index dea1a8a7..1a7a7b8e 100644
--- a/code/client/munkilib/fetch.py
+++ b/code/client/munkilib/fetch.py
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ def header_dict_from_list(array):
 
     if array is None:
         return header_dict
-    header_dict = {}
     for item in array:
         (key, sep, value) = item.partition(':')
         if sep and value: