diff --git a/json-stylesheet.xsl b/json-stylesheet.xsl
index 36c13e8787..ab86459f55 100644
--- a/json-stylesheet.xsl
+++ b/json-stylesheet.xsl
@@ -11,12 +11,6 @@
     exclude-result-prefixes="xs t x saxon local" version="3.0">
     
     <xsl:output method="text" encoding="utf-8"/>
-    <xsl:param name="configPath" select="concat($staticSitePath, '/siteGenerator/components/repo-config.xml')"/>
-    <xsl:variable name="config">
-        <xsl:if test="doc-available(xs:anyURI($configPath))">
-            <xsl:sequence select="document(xs:anyURI($configPath))"/>
-        </xsl:if>
-    </xsl:variable>
     
     <xsl:function name="local:sortStringEn">
         <xsl:param name="string"/>