diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 4462c9f24968..6de88113b708 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ function encodeUriQuery(val, pctEncodeSpaces) {
 var ngAttrPrefixes = ['ng-', 'data-ng-', 'ng:', 'x-ng-'];
 
 function getNgAttribute(element, ngAttr) {
-  var attr, i, ii = ngAttrPrefixes.length, j, jj;
+  var attr, i, ii = ngAttrPrefixes.length;
   element = jqLite(element);
   for (i=0; i<ii; ++i) {
     attr = ngAttrPrefixes[i] + ngAttr;