diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
index 2a51c1e9f..170749674 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/GitDownloader.php
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class GitDownloader extends VcsDownloader
      */
     protected function enforceCleanDirectory($path)
     {
-        $output = array();
         $this->process->execute(sprintf('cd %s && git status --porcelain', escapeshellarg($path)), $output);
         if (trim($output)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Source directory has uncommitted changes');
diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/HgDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/HgDownloader.php
index a9953db0d..768280845 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/HgDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/HgDownloader.php
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class HgDownloader extends VcsDownloader
      */
     protected function enforceCleanDirectory($path)
     {
-        $output = array();
         $this->process->execute(sprintf('cd %s && hg st', escapeshellarg($path)), $output);
         if (trim($output)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Source directory has uncommitted changes');
diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php
index 8af2ce48e..c24411310 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/VcsDownloader.php
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ abstract class VcsDownloader implements DownloaderInterface
      * @throws \RuntimeException if the directory is not clean
      */
     abstract protected function enforceCleanDirectory($path);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}