diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ObjectDecoderInputStream.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ObjectDecoderInputStream.java
index b40e621065..5f55ccf78b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ObjectDecoderInputStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/handler/codec/serialization/ObjectDecoderInputStream.java
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ public class ObjectDecoderInputStream extends InputStream implements
                     "data length too big: " + dataLen + " (max: " + maxObjectSize + ')');
         }
 
-        byte[] data = new byte[dataLen];
-        readFully(data);
-
         return new CompactObjectInputStream(in, classLoader).readObject();
     }