--- a/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py	Fri Aug 27 13:32:38 2010 -0400
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/webcommands.py	Fri Aug 27 13:32:40 2010 -0400
@@ -383,7 +383,6 @@
                 latestentry=lambda **x: entries(True, 1, **x))
 
 def branches(web, req, tmpl):
-    b = web.repo.branchtags()
     tips = (web.repo[n] for t, n in web.repo.branchtags().iteritems())
     heads = web.repo.heads()
     parity = paritygen(web.stripecount)