diff --git a/repl/messages.go b/repl/messages.go
index 83b387bd729eed7c978d2d4df7fe70a84bfb49f6..3bb415237ec46d60a3fc6979f5ffdc0f73185c3e 100644
--- a/repl/messages.go
+++ b/repl/messages.go
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ func ActionAdd(cmd *dclish.Command) error {
 	optAll := 0
 	optBell := 0
 	optBroadcast := 0
-	optEdit := 0
 	optExpiration := &time.Time{}
 	optExtract := 0
 	optFolder := []string{}
@@ -86,10 +85,6 @@ func ActionAdd(cmd *dclish.Command) error {
 		optBroadcast = 1
 		fmt.Printf("TODO: optBroadcast is not yet implemented - you set it to %d\n", optBroadcast)
 	}
-	if cmd.Flags["/EDIT"].Value == "true" {
-		optEdit = 1
-		fmt.Printf("TODO: optEdit is not yet implemented - you set it to %d\n", optEdit)
-	}
 	if cmd.Flags["/EXPIRATION"].Value != "" {
 		// dd-mmm-yyyy, or delta time: dddd
 		exp, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02", cmd.Flags["/EXPIRATION"].Value)