diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
index 467f0b9c395d31cf18b316dc914191ceea0e0f24..06ce6d9cc4747d3f782d308e3def3883848d31dc 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/base.rb
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ module Geocoder
           opts[:use_ssl] = true if configuration.use_https
 
           http_client.start(*args, opts) do |client|
-            resp = client.get(uri.request_uri, configuration.http_headers)
+            client.get(uri.request_uri, configuration.http_headers)
           end
         end
       end