diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 7427b3ed..5b30699b 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         // Metadata.
         meta: {
             version: {
-                eva: '4.4.16'
+                eva: '4.4.17'
             },
             submissionTemplate: {
                 version: 'V1.1.5'
diff --git a/src/js/rs-release/rs-release.js b/src/js/rs-release/rs-release.js
index 569e8fb1..298f0444 100644
--- a/src/js/rs-release/rs-release.js
+++ b/src/js/rs-release/rs-release.js
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ EvaRsRelease.prototype = {
         _.each(releaseData, function (assembly) {
             releaseLink = '<a target="_blank" href="' + assembly.releaseLink + '">FTP link</a>';
             assemblyLink = '<a target="_blank" href="https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/browser/view/' + assembly.assemblyAccession + '">' + assembly.assemblyAccession + '</a>';
-            scientificNames = '';
             taxonomyLinks = _.chain(assembly.taxonomyIds)
                              .zip(assembly.taxonomyLinks)
                              .map(function(taxonomyInfo){