diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index 5983c237..5ff9eb48 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ class Request(object):
         """
 
         self._checks()
-        success = False
 
         # Logging
         if settings.verbose: