diff --git a/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go b/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go
index ee6c7c7d2..a44b240aa 100644
--- a/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go
+++ b/cmd/kubehound/ingest.go
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
-var (
-	inputFilePath string
-)
-
 var (
 	ingestCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "ingest",