diff --git a/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl b/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
index 9ff0935d72..5fef7e389d 100755
--- a/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
+++ b/misc/migration_tools/bulkmarcimport.pl
@@ -332,7 +332,6 @@ $schema->txn_begin;
 RECORD: while () {
 
     my $record;
-    $record_number++;
 
     # get record
     eval { $record = $batch->next() };