diff --git a/swash/processing/animate.py b/swash/processing/animate.py
index 33796ce..3fc19a3 100644
--- a/swash/processing/animate.py
+++ b/swash/processing/animate.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.read(args.config)
 
 inp = pathlib.Path(config.get("post", "inp"))
-root = pathlib.Path(config.get("swash", "out"))
 out = pathlib.Path(config.get("post", "out"))
 out.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)