diff --git a/layouts/partials/widgets/taxonomy_category.html b/layouts/partials/widgets/taxonomy_category.html
index b362cea55..8d9890e37 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/widgets/taxonomy_category.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/widgets/taxonomy_category.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ <h4 class="widget-title">{{ i18n "categories" }}</h4>
   {{- if isset site.Taxonomies "categories" }}
   {{- if not (eq (len site.Taxonomies.categories) 0) }}
   <ul class="widget-category-list">
-    {{- range $name := site.Taxonomies.categories }}
+    {{- range site.Taxonomies.categories }}
     <li><a href="{{ .Page.RelPermalink }}"{{ if (and (eq $.Page.Kind "term") (eq $.Page.Type "categories") (eq $.Page.Title .Page.Title)) }} class="current"{{ end }}>{{ .Page.Title }}</a></li>
     {{- end }}
   </ul>