diff --git a/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.c b/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.c
index 76847e6e6..a386cebe4 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/schemarouter/schemarouter.c
@@ -427,7 +427,6 @@ char* get_shard_target_name(ROUTER_INSTANCE* router, ROUTER_CLIENT_SES* client,
 	dbnms = skygw_get_database_names(buffer,&sz);
 
 	if(sz > 0){
-		has_dbs = true;
 		for(i = 0; i < sz; i++){
 		    char* name;
 			if((name = (char*)hashtable_fetch(ht,dbnms[i]))){