diff --git a/src/UNL/Catalog.php b/src/UNL/Catalog.php
index e31e866fde8ef050529a17457960231f748f0d09..e2fde306c1f8d51c8edf3004ee13d39baaeb698e 100644
--- a/src/UNL/Catalog.php
+++ b/src/UNL/Catalog.php
@@ -224,11 +224,6 @@ class UNL_Catalog
      */
     public function showCourse($listing, $display_subject = false)
     {
-        if (isset($_GET['format']) && $_GET['format']=='xml') {
-            $format = 'toXml';
-        } else {
-            $format = 'toHtml';
-        }
         $savvy = $this->getCourseRenderer();
         return $savvy->render($listing);
     }