diff --git a/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js b/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
index aa86592edf..953f934534 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
+++ b/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 
 	// In admin-ajax.php, we send back the unix time stamp instead of 1 on success
 	delAfter = function( r, settings ) {
-		var total_items_i18n, total, animated, animatedCallback, postSelector,
+		var total_items_i18n, total, animated, animatedCallback,
 			response = true === settings.parsed ? {} : settings.parsed.responses[0],
 			commentStatus = true === settings.parsed ? '' : response.supplemental.status,
 			commentPostId = true === settings.parsed ? '' : response.supplemental.postId,
@@ -362,8 +362,6 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 			}
 		}
 
-		postSelector = '.post-com-count-' + commentPostId;
-
 		if ( pendingDiff ) {
 			updatePending( pendingDiff, commentPostId );
 		}