diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCCmdByAdmin.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCCmdByAdmin.java
index 25e63250155..b7f33bf25d3 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCCmdByAdmin.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/admin/vpc/CreateVPCCmdByAdmin.java
@@ -38,10 +38,9 @@ public class CreateVPCCmdByAdmin extends CreateVPCCmd {
     @Override
     public void execute() {
         Vpc vpc = null;
-        boolean success = true;
         try {
             if (isStart()) {
-                success = _vpcService.startVpc(getEntityId(), true);
+                _vpcService.startVpc(getEntityId(), true);
             } else {
                 s_logger.debug("Not starting VPC as " + ApiConstants.START + "=false was passed to the API");
              }