diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
index bb43f5081..db49568e2 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ sub process_request {
         '8002' => 'xend',
    );
    my @livenodes;
-   $statselect = new IO::Select;
    my @nodes = @{$request->{node}};
    my %unknownnodes;
    foreach (@nodes) {