diff --git a/lib/http-api.js b/lib/http-api.js
index 14074e0c1..a3390bea1 100644
--- a/lib/http-api.js
+++ b/lib/http-api.js
@@ -144,10 +144,6 @@ module.exports.MatrixHttpApi.prototype = {
                 "Expected callback to be a function but got " + typeof callback
             );
         }
-        var queryParams = {
-            filename: file.name,
-            access_token: this.opts.accessToken
-        };
         var defer = q.defer();
         // browser-request doesn't support File objects because it deep-copies
         // the options using JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(options)). Instead of
@@ -162,7 +158,7 @@ module.exports.MatrixHttpApi.prototype = {
         var timeout_fn = function() {
             xhr.abort();
             cb(new Error('Timeout'));
-        }
+        };
 
         xhr.timeout_timer = setTimeout(timeout_fn, 30000);