diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/UnionTemplateHandler.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/UnionTemplateHandler.php
index 160b116ae..f8a303053 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/UnionTemplateHandler.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Type/UnionTemplateHandler.php
@@ -704,8 +704,6 @@ class UnionTemplateHandler
                 }
 
                 if (isset($template_result->lower_bounds[$param_name_key][$atomic_type->defining_class][0])) {
-                    $intersection_type = null;
-
                     if (!UnionTypeComparator::isContainedBy(
                         $codebase,
                         $template_result->lower_bounds[$param_name_key][$atomic_type->defining_class][0],