diff --git a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Embed.js b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Embed.js
index e6ae3f367..2c22cc8a0 100644
--- a/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Embed.js
+++ b/client/coral-embed-stream/src/components/Embed.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export default class Embed extends React.Component {
   render () {
     const {activeTab, viewAllComments, commentId} = this.props;
     const {asset: {totalCommentCount}} = this.props.root;
-    const {loggedIn, isAdmin, user} = this.props.auth;
+    const {loggedIn, isAdmin} = this.props.auth;
 
     return (
       <div>