diff --git a/libraries/tbl_replace_fields.inc.php b/libraries/tbl_replace_fields.inc.php
index 7577be730..06fdfc057 100644
--- a/libraries/tbl_replace_fields.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/tbl_replace_fields.inc.php
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ if ($file_to_insert->isError()) {
 $file_to_insert->cleanUp();
 
 if (false !== $possibly_uploaded_val) {
-    $seen_binary = true;
     $val = $possibly_uploaded_val;
 } else {
 
@@ -94,7 +93,6 @@ if (false !== $possibly_uploaded_val) {
                 // blobs where set, insert original fields content.
                 if (! empty($prot_row[$key])) {
                     $val = '0x' . bin2hex($prot_row[$key]);
-                    $seen_binary = true;
                 } else {
                     $val = '';
                 }
diff --git a/tbl_replace.php b/tbl_replace.php
index a2f96f7bb..9ca895c1e 100644
--- a/tbl_replace.php
+++ b/tbl_replace.php
@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ if (isset($_REQUEST['err_url'])) {
     $err_url = 'tbl_change.php' . PMA_generate_common_url($url_params);
 }
 
-// Misc
-$seen_binary = false;
-
 /**
  * Prepares the update/insert of a row
  */