diff --git a/core/Universal_charstring.cc b/core/Universal_charstring.cc
index d007fee2ab71a89b8eca74a7ad24e92a1644feea..feffa55cac22bf93a406e926db353f8a534355ba 100644
--- a/core/Universal_charstring.cc
+++ b/core/Universal_charstring.cc
@@ -1605,7 +1605,6 @@ void UNIVERSAL_CHARSTRING::encode_utf16(TTCN_Buffer& buf,
         temp = p;
         temp <<= 16;
         univc |= temp;
-        temp = 0;
         temp = r;
         temp <<= 8;
         univc |= temp;