diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index 2b602f351..a9bfad1a9 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -1653,7 +1653,6 @@ def app_shell(app):
         app -- App ID
 
     """
-    app_settings = _get_app_settings(app) or {}
 
    #TODO Find out how to open an interactive Bash shell from Python
    #TODO run `ynh_load_app_environment --app=$app` helper in there