diff --git a/core/modules/user/user.module b/core/modules/user/user.module
index 2f5fc69..04bd697 100644
--- a/core/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.module
@@ -1496,8 +1496,6 @@ function user_logout() {
  *   - attributes: HTML attributes for the containing element.
  */
 function template_preprocess_user(&$variables) {
-  $account = $variables['elements']['#user'];
-
   // Helpful $content variable for templates.
   foreach (Element::children($variables['elements']) as $key) {
     $variables['content'][$key] = $variables['elements'][$key];