diff --git a/contrib/dendrite-demo-tor/main.go b/contrib/dendrite-demo-tor/main.go
index e383f09a5..98324cb17 100644
--- a/contrib/dendrite-demo-tor/main.go
+++ b/contrib/dendrite-demo-tor/main.go
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/matrix-org/dendrite/userapi"
 )
 
-var samAddr = flag.String("samaddr", "127.0.0.1:7656", "Address to connect to the I2P SAMv3 API")
-
 func main() {
 	cfg := setup.ParseFlags(true)