diff --git a/phpBB/includes/template.php b/phpBB/includes/template.php
index 4dadfac571..85d378fa67 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/template.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/template.php
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ class phpbb_template
 		$filename = $this->cachepath . str_replace('/', '.', $this->filename[$handle]) . '.' . $phpEx;
 		$this->files_template[$handle] = (isset($user->theme['template_id'])) ? $user->theme['template_id'] : 0;
 
-		$recompile = false;
 		$recompile = (!file_exists($filename) || @filesize($filename) === 0 || ($config['load_tplcompile'] && @filemtime($filename) < @filemtime($this->files[$handle]))) ? true : false;
 
 		if (!$recompile)