diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java
index a5abb9ea7..c6dab13a0 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-aggregation/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/project/PrepareProgramme.java
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ public class PrepareProgramme {
 
 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(PrepareProgramme.class);
 	private static final ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
-	private static final HashMap<String, CSVProgramme> programmeMap = new HashMap<>();
 
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {