diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a56dfb8a3..671b01051 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -80,3 +80,6 @@ build
 target
 *.class
 other/java/hdfs/dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+
+# binary file
+weed/weed
diff --git a/weed/weed.go b/weed/weed.go
index 340da6625..ecb0ba2a4 100644
--- a/weed/weed.go
+++ b/weed/weed.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 var IsDebug *bool
-var server *string
 
 var commands = command.Commands