diff --git a/sal/textenc/tencinfo.cxx b/sal/textenc/tencinfo.cxx
index 0bcadb70b88e..ded6bc53e868 100644
--- a/sal/textenc/tencinfo.cxx
+++ b/sal/textenc/tencinfo.cxx
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ rtl_TextEncoding SAL_CALL rtl_getTextEncodingFromUnixCharset( const char* pUnixC
                 {
                     if ( Impl_matchString( pSecondPart, pData->mpCharsetStr ) )
                     {
-                        eEncoding = pData->meTextEncoding;
                         break;
                     }