diff --git a/dist/tools/coccinelle/force/static.cocci b/dist/tools/coccinelle/force/static.cocci
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-// remove unused static property of function-local static variable
-// (from Julia Lawall, see https://lists.riot-os.org/pipermail/devel/2017-May/005133.html)
-
-@bad exists@
-position p;
-identifier x;
-type T;
-@@
-
-static T x@p;
-...
-x = <+...x...+>
-
-@@
-identifier x;
-expression e;
-type T;
-position p != bad.p;
-@@
-
--static
- T x@p;
- ... when != x
-     when strict
-?x = e;