diff --git a/deform/static/scripts/deform.js b/deform/static/scripts/deform.js
index 720fca2d..17ba4a20 100644
--- a/deform/static/scripts/deform.js
+++ b/deform/static/scripts/deform.js
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ var deform  = {
         //   for attribute to the new id.
 
         var fieldmatch = /deformField(\d+)/;
-        var namematch = /(.+)?-[#]{3}/;
         var code = protonode.attr('prototype');
         var html = decodeURIComponent(code);
         var $htmlnode = $(html);