diff --git a/letsencrypt/scripts/main.py b/letsencrypt/scripts/main.py
index 08b4a69d8..0d5bc6e2b 100755
--- a/letsencrypt/scripts/main.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/scripts/main.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from letsencrypt.client import client
 from letsencrypt.client import display
 from letsencrypt.client import logger
 
-BASENAME = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
 logger.setLogger(logger.FileLogger(sys.stdout))
 logger.setLogLevel(logger.INFO)
 config = apache_configurator.ApacheConfigurator()