diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
index 5c3aede359fb..9a096039487c 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx
@@ -8648,7 +8648,6 @@ void PDFWriterImpl::drawLayout( SalLayout& rLayout, const OUString& rText, bool
             if (pGlyphs[i]->mnCharPos >= nMinCharPos && pGlyphs[i]->mnCharPos <= nMaxCharPos)
             {
                 int nChars = 1;
-                pUnicodesPerGlyph[i] = 1;
                 // try to handle ligatures and such
                 if( i < nGlyphs-1 )
                 {