diff --git a/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleEditableTextPara.cxx b/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleEditableTextPara.cxx
index 7357d0681f5a..c35a2dc05343 100644
--- a/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleEditableTextPara.cxx
+++ b/editeng/source/accessibility/AccessibleEditableTextPara.cxx
@@ -1481,15 +1481,7 @@ namespace accessibility
                 sal_uInt32 crChar = static_cast<sal_uInt32>( reinterpret_cast<sal_uIntPtr>(anyChar.pReserved));
                 if (COL_AUTO == crChar )
                 {
-                    uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessibleComponent > xComponent;
-                    if (mxParent.is())
-                    {
-                        xComponent.set(mxParent,uno::UNO_QUERY);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        xComponent.set(m_xAccInfo,uno::UNO_QUERY);
-                    }
+                    uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessibleComponent > xComponent(mxParent,uno::UNO_QUERY);
                     if (xComponent.is())
                     {
                         uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessibleContext > xContext(xComponent,uno::UNO_QUERY);
@@ -1520,15 +1512,7 @@ namespace accessibility
                 sal_uInt32 crCharUnderLine = static_cast<sal_uInt32>( reinterpret_cast<sal_uIntPtr>( anyCharUnderLine.pReserved));
                 if (COL_AUTO == crCharUnderLine )
                 {
-                    uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessibleComponent > xComponent;
-                    if (mxParent.is())
-                    {
-                        xComponent.set(mxParent,uno::UNO_QUERY);
-                    }
-                    else
-                    {
-                        xComponent.set(m_xAccInfo,uno::UNO_QUERY);
-                    }
+                    uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessibleComponent > xComponent(mxParent,uno::UNO_QUERY);
                     if (xComponent.is())
                     {
                         uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessibleContext > xContext(xComponent,uno::UNO_QUERY);
diff --git a/include/editeng/AccessibleEditableTextPara.hxx b/include/editeng/AccessibleEditableTextPara.hxx
index 142634783b2f..d55872e0b634 100644
--- a/include/editeng/AccessibleEditableTextPara.hxx
+++ b/include/editeng/AccessibleEditableTextPara.hxx
@@ -367,8 +367,6 @@ namespace accessibility
         /// Our listeners (guarded by maMutex)
         int mnNotifierClientId;
 private:
-        css::uno::Reference< css::accessibility::XAccessible > m_xAccInfo;
-
         // Text paragraphs should provide FLOWS_TO and FLOWS_FROM relations (#i27138#)
         // the paragraph manager, which created this instance - is NULL, if
         // instance isn't created by AccessibleParaManager.