diff --git a/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py b/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py
index ddb3c93..59d63bb 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py
@@ -522,7 +522,6 @@
         LOG.debug("Long server name: {}".format(name))
         if len(name) > char_limit:
             # construct a short name
-            parts = name.split("_")
             name = name.replace("_vnf", "")
             name = name[-char_limit:].strip("-_ .")
         LOG.debug("Short server name: {}".format(name))