diff --git a/modules/aggregator/aggregator.module b/modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
index 3812ed3c9cf9553f64d65f3978fd5bdce19f4cb4..2a9d3f2fc1412a7e69399e181490551cb0be4d4e 100644
--- a/modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
+++ b/modules/aggregator/aggregator.module
@@ -634,7 +634,6 @@ function aggregator_refresh($feed) {
 
       // If there are items on the feed, let all enabled processors do their work on it.
       if (@count($feed->items)) {
-        $processors = variable_get('aggregator_processors', array('aggregator'));
         foreach ($processors as $processor) {
           module_invoke($processor, 'aggregator_process', $feed);
         }