diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 8f25e18..b5dbb3e 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -696,8 +696,7 @@ namespace alpr
     //const float MIN_AREA_PERCENT = 0.1;
     const float MIN_CONTOUR_HEIGHT_PERCENT = config->segmentationMinCharHeightPercent;
 
-    Mat mask = getCharBoxMask(thresholds[0], charRegions);
-
+    
     vector<int> boxScores(charRegions.size());
 
     for (unsigned int i = 0; i < charRegions.size(); i++)