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@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ The script `tag_ogg` in the source tree can be used to automatically add the tra
 Use `oggify` with the `tag_ogg` helper script as described above, then convert with ffmpeg:
 ```
 for ogg in *.ogg; do
-	dest=$(sed 's/ogg$/mp3/' <<< "$ogg")
 	ffmpeg -i "$ogg" -map_metadata 0:s:0 -id3v2_version 3 -codec:a libmp3lame -qscale:a 2 "$(basename "$ogg" .ogg).mp3"
 done
 ```