diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/udp/UDPTransport.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/udp/UDPTransport.java
index 97cdb80e73ed376af5e6faa7ad9b050af003870f..6a2ff74f6f012ffec565b2576a8dfed866a90a44 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/udp/UDPTransport.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/transport/udp/UDPTransport.java
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ public class UDPTransport extends TransportImpl implements TimedWeightedPriority
 
     public UDPTransport(RouterContext ctx) {
         super(ctx);
-        _context = ctx;
         _log = ctx.logManager().getLog(UDPTransport.class);
         _peersByIdent = new ConcurrentHashMap(128);
         _peersByRemoteHost = new ConcurrentHashMap(128);