diff --git a/library/cloud/ec2 b/library/cloud/ec2
index e6fe50d9eb8..7639d6195a7 100644
--- a/library/cloud/ec2
+++ b/library/cloud/ec2
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ def main():
     ec2_secret_key = module.params.get('ec2_secret_key')
     ec2_access_key = module.params.get('ec2_access_key')
     region = module.params.get('region')
-    termination_list = module.params.get('termination_list')
 
 
         # allow eucarc environment variables to be used if ansible vars aren't set