diff --git a/src/adapter.c b/src/adapter.c
index 5de8775..2f46b3d 100644
--- a/src/adapter.c
+++ b/src/adapter.c
@@ -3189,8 +3189,6 @@ void adapter_add_connection(struct btd_adapter *adapter,
 void adapter_remove_connection(struct btd_adapter *adapter,
 						struct btd_device *device)
 {
-	bdaddr_t bdaddr;
-
 	DBG("");
 
 	if (!g_slist_find(adapter->connections, device)) {
@@ -3202,9 +3200,6 @@ void adapter_remove_connection(struct btd_adapter *adapter,
 
 	adapter->connections = g_slist_remove(adapter->connections, device);
 
-	/* clean pending HCI cmds */
-	device_get_address(device, &bdaddr);
-
 	if (device_is_authenticating(device))
 		device_cancel_authentication(device, TRUE);