diff --git a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
index 3dbeb67575fbd97b9aab7b4d18aacbc440366a88..64cb0792720fac2a3cae2e2e2943dcbc8df255bc 100644
--- a/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
+++ b/Database/IOVDbSvc/python/IOVDbSvcConfig.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     ConfigFlags.lock()
 
     from AthenaConfiguration.ComponentAccumulator import ComponentAccumulator
-    acc, iovdbSvc = IOVDbSvcCfg(ConfigFlags)
+    acc  = IOVDbSvcCfg(ConfigFlags)
 
     f=open('test.pkl','w')
     acc.store(f)