diff --git a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
index 7449b7db..db64f4a2 100644
--- a/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
+++ b/openvidu-server/src/main/java/io/openvidu/server/OpenViduServer.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package io.openvidu.server;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -224,8 +223,6 @@ public class OpenViduServer implements JsonRpcConfigurer {
 
 		default:
 
-			URL url = new URL(publicUrl);
-
 			type = "custom";
 
 			if (publicUrl.startsWith("https://")) {