diff --git a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
index 743dc78d..694df826 100644
--- a/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
+++ b/artifact/src/main/org/apache/maven/artifact/deployer/DefaultArtifactDeployer.java
@@ -497,7 +497,6 @@ public class DefaultArtifactDeployer
                 for ( Iterator i = checksums.keySet().iterator(); i.hasNext(); )
                 {
                     String extension = (String) i.next();
-                    observer = (ChecksumObserver) checksums.get( extension );
     
                     // TODO: shouldn't need a file intermediatary - improve wagon to take a stream
                     File temp = File.createTempFile( "maven-artifact", null );