diff --git a/src/components/servo-gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs b/src/components/servo-gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs
index 854042802cf..20cfbe21d48 100644
--- a/src/components/servo-gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs
+++ b/src/components/servo-gfx/platform/linux/font_list.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ pub impl FontListHandle {
         let font_set = FcConfigGetFonts(config, FcSetSystem);
         let font_set_array_ptr = ptr::to_unsafe_ptr(&font_set);
         unsafe {
-            let pattern = FcPatternCreate();
             let pattern = FcPatternCreate();
             assert!(pattern.is_not_null());
             do str::as_c_str("family") |FC_FAMILY| {