diff --git a/core/modules/parsers/imageparser.js b/core/modules/parsers/imageparser.js
index b1cadd296..c0bcd65a9 100644
--- a/core/modules/parsers/imageparser.js
+++ b/core/modules/parsers/imageparser.js
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ var ImageParser = function(type,text,options) {
 			type: "element",
 			tag: "img",
 			attributes: {}
-		},
-		src;
+		};
 	if(options._canonical_uri) {
 		element.attributes.src = {type: "string", value: options._canonical_uri};
 	} else if(text) {