diff --git a/src/snek/templates/web.html b/src/snek/templates/web.html
index dec0d12..6a1fe10 100644
--- a/src/snek/templates/web.html
+++ b/src/snek/templates/web.html
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ app.addEventListener("channel-message", (data) => {
             app.playSound("message");
         }
     }
-    const lastMessage = messagesContainer.querySelector(".message:last-child");
     const lastElement = messagesContainer.querySelector(".message-list-bottom");
     const doScrollDown = messagesContainer.isScrolledToBottom();
     const message = document.createElement("div");
@@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ document.addEventListener('keydown', function(event) {
 
 // --- Image click-to-zoom (delegated) ---
 // --- Layout update ---
-let lastMessage;
 function updateLayout(doScrollDown) {
     updateTimes();
     let previousUser = null, previousDate = null;
@@ -246,7 +244,6 @@ function updateLayout(doScrollDown) {
             }
         }
     });
-    lastMessage = messagesContainer.querySelector(".message:last-child");
     if (doScrollDown) messagesContainer.scrollToBottom?.();
 }