diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index 30cdd196c88..b4a7e280d8b 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -478,8 +478,6 @@ class Pickler:
         self.write(EMPTY_TUPLE)
 
     def save_list(self, object):
-        d = id(object)
-
         write = self.write
         save  = self.save