diff --git a/share/tools/create_manpage_completions.py b/share/tools/create_manpage_completions.py
index 86373a27f..c2ad6fdb6 100755
--- a/share/tools/create_manpage_completions.py
+++ b/share/tools/create_manpage_completions.py
@@ -929,16 +929,10 @@ def parse_and_output_man_pages(paths, output_directory, show_progress):
             sys.stdout.write("\r{0}\r".format(padded_progress_str))
             sys.stdout.flush()
 
-        # Maybe we want to skip this item
-        skip = False
         if not WRITE_TO_STDOUT:
             # Compute the path that we would write to
             output_path = os.path.join(output_directory, output_file_name)
 
-        # Now skip if requested
-        if skip:
-            continue
-
         try:
             if parse_manpage_at_path(manpage_path, output_directory):
                 successful_count += 1