diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index ba7a42a..1962c76 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ our $stylesheet;
 # default is not to define style sheet, but it can be overwritten later
 undef $stylesheet;
 
-# URI of default stylesheet
-our $stylesheet = "++GITWEB_CSS++";
 # URI of GIT logo (72x27 size)
 our $logo = "++GITWEB_LOGO++";
 # URI of GIT favicon, assumed to be image/png type