1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/commodity.cc b/src/commodity.cc
index 81183b25..f8a4b364 100644
--- a/src/commodity.cc
+++ b/src/commodity.cc
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ void commodity_t::parse_symbol(std::istream& in, string& symbol)
       throw_(amount_error, _("Quoted commodity symbol lacks closing quote"));
   } else {
     char * _p = buf;
-    c = static_cast<char>(in.peek());
     while (_p - buf < 255 && in.good() && ! in.eof() && c != '\n') {
       std::size_t    bytes = 0;
       std::ptrdiff_t size  = _p - buf;