diff --git a/core/java/src/net/i2p/internal/PoisonI2CPMessage.java b/core/java/src/net/i2p/internal/PoisonI2CPMessage.java
index 23b99db9ace32516e82f46cdca7e2138c718eeff..dda1301ee620d281da3f63b2101c7d350a558140 100644
--- a/core/java/src/net/i2p/internal/PoisonI2CPMessage.java
+++ b/core/java/src/net/i2p/internal/PoisonI2CPMessage.java
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ public class PoisonI2CPMessage extends I2CPMessageImpl {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
-        buf.append("[PoisonMessage]");
-        return buf.toString();
+        return "[PoisonMessage]";
     }
 }