diff --git a/sdrbase/util/serialutil.cpp b/sdrbase/util/serialutil.cpp
index 183718efd..4eb4d2c50 100644
--- a/sdrbase/util/serialutil.cpp
+++ b/sdrbase/util/serialutil.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ void SerialUtil::getComPorts(std::vector<std::string>& comPorts, const std::stri
     (void) regexStr;
 	TCHAR lpTargetPath[5000]; // buffer to store the path of the COMPORTS
 	DWORD test;
-	bool gotPort = 0; // in case the port is not found
 
 	char portName[100];
 
@@ -53,12 +52,6 @@ void SerialUtil::getComPorts(std::vector<std::string>& comPorts, const std::stri
 		{
 			comPorts.push_back(std::string(portName));
 		}
-
-		if (::GetLastError() == ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER)
-		{
-			lpTargetPath[10000]; // in case the buffer got filled, increase size of the buffer.
-			continue;
-		}
 	}
 }
 #elif defined(__linux__)