diff --git a/src/bmlsa/io.py b/src/bmlsa/io.py
index 7f2ba47..a47da27 100644
--- a/src/bmlsa/io.py
+++ b/src/bmlsa/io.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ def read_annotations_from_csv(
     start_header: str = None,
     end_header: str = None,
 ):
-    annotations = {}
     with open(csv_path, "r") as csv_fd:
         reader = csv.reader(csv_fd)
         id_ind = None