diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/update-luarocks-packages b/maintainers/scripts/update-luarocks-packages
index 5123f86e93d0..6de97799846d 100755
--- a/maintainers/scripts/update-luarocks-packages
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/update-luarocks-packages
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ class LuaEditor(Editor):
         return "luaPackages"
 
     def get_update(self, input_file: str, outfile: str, proc: int):
-        cache: Cache = Cache(self.cache_file)
         _prefetch = generate_pkg_nix
 
         def update() -> dict: