diff --git a/tools/filters/blockquote2div.py b/tools/filters/blockquote2div.py
index 844fc11113be4403825b540d1f85416be9fead50..828f74c48fbb3e8b4f2886e0f318f944cc281ea7 100755
--- a/tools/filters/blockquote2div.py
+++ b/tools/filters/blockquote2div.py
@@ -95,8 +95,6 @@ def blockquote2div(key, value, format, meta):
 
         id, classes, kvs = attr
 
-        ltitle = pf.stringify(inlines).lower()
-
         if len(classes) == 1 and classes[0] in SPECIAL_CLASSES:
             remove_attributes(blockquote)
             # a blockquote is just a list of blocks, so it can be