diff --git a/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb b/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb
index 64af536..d7a1750 100644
--- a/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/announcements_helper.rb
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ module AnnouncementsHelper
   end
 
   def sort_announcements(announcements)
-    enable_manually_sort = enable_manually_sort
     if enable_manually_sort
       announcements = announcements.sort_by { |announcement|
           tmp1 = announcement["postdate"].blank?