diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserUtils.java b/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserUtils.java
index b9e5f5cae20867adadbaa644be2dcd18da339775..64b50c2903fe981cdab3aaaf0f372883986dc8bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/simstadt/regionchooser/RegionChooserUtils.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 	private static final Pattern srsNamePattern = Pattern.compile("(?i)(?<=srsName=[\"'])[^\"']+(?=[\"'])");
 	private static final int CITYGML_HEADER_LENGTH = 50;
 	private static final String EPSG = "EPSG:";
-	private static final int BUFFER = 1024;
 
 	private RegionChooserUtils() {
 		// only static use