diff --git a/src/babel/traversal/path/resolution.js b/src/babel/traversal/path/resolution.js
index 3ab44e1da9..70f93c2dbd 100644
--- a/src/babel/traversal/path/resolution.js
+++ b/src/babel/traversal/path/resolution.js
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ function getTypeAnnotationBasedOnConditional(path, name) {
     }
   } while(paths.length);
 
-  var typeAnnotation;
   if (types.length) {
     return {
       typeAnnotation: t.createUnionTypeAnnotation(types),