--- a/mercurial/util.py	Mon Mar 23 13:13:02 2009 +0100
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Mon Mar 23 13:13:06 2009 +0100
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@
 def _statfiles_clustered(files):
     '''Stat each file in files and yield stat or None if file does not exist.
     Cluster and cache stat per directory to minimize number of OS stat calls.'''
-    lstat = os.lstat
     ncase = os.path.normcase
     sep   = os.sep
     dircache = {} # dirname -> filename -> status | None if file does not exist