diff --git a/admin/pages/news.php b/admin/pages/news.php
index 4ac807ed..e9d21007 100644
--- a/admin/pages/news.php
+++ b/admin/pages/news.php
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ const ARTICLE_TEXT_LIMIT = 300;
 const ARTICLE_IMAGE_LIMIT = 100;
 
 $name = $p_title = '';
-$action = $_POST['action'] ?? '';
 if(!empty($action))
 {
 	$id = $_POST['id'] ?? null;
diff --git a/admin/pages/pages.php b/admin/pages/pages.php
index 2c06ddf8..0a4f4ade 100644
--- a/admin/pages/pages.php
+++ b/admin/pages/pages.php
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ const PAGE_TITLE_LIMIT = 30;
 const PAGE_NAME_LIMIT = 30;
 const PAGE_BODY_LIMIT = 65535; // maximum page body length
 
-$action = $_POST['action'] ?? '';
 if (!empty($action)) {
 	if ($action == 'delete' || $action == 'edit' || $action == 'hide') {
 		$id = $_POST['id'];