diff --git a/contrib/emoticons/main.php b/contrib/emoticons/main.php
index f7064e44..c1d5e181 100644
--- a/contrib/emoticons/main.php
+++ b/contrib/emoticons/main.php
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class Emoticons extends Extension {
 	}
 	
 	private function bbcode_to_html($text) {
-		global $config;
 		$data_href = get_base_href();
 		$text = preg_replace("/:([a-z]*?):/s", "<img src='$data_href/ext/emoticons/default/\\1.gif'>", $text);
 		return $text;