diff --git a/l10ntools/source/lngmerge.cxx b/l10ntools/source/lngmerge.cxx
index f63e7d21111a..e61b36db73aa 100644
--- a/l10ntools/source/lngmerge.cxx
+++ b/l10ntools/source/lngmerge.cxx
@@ -273,8 +273,6 @@ sal_Bool LngParser::Merge(
                 }
                 if( bULF && pEntrys )
                 {
-                    // this is a valid text line
-                    ByteString sText = getToken(getToken(sLine, 1, '\"'), 0, '\"');
                     if( sLang.Len() )
                     {
                         ByteString sNewText;