diff --git a/gtk/gtkstylecontext.c b/gtk/gtkstylecontext.c
index 93c5ef55aa..f20505964b 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkstylecontext.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkstylecontext.c
@@ -4131,7 +4131,6 @@ gtk_render_layout (GtkStyleContext *context,
 {
   GtkThemingEngineClass *engine_class;
   GtkThemingEngine *engine;
-  PangoRectangle extents;
 
   g_return_if_fail (GTK_IS_STYLE_CONTEXT (context));
   g_return_if_fail (PANGO_IS_LAYOUT (layout));
@@ -4143,8 +4142,6 @@ gtk_render_layout (GtkStyleContext *context,
   cairo_save (cr);
   cairo_new_path (cr);
 
-  pango_layout_get_extents (layout, &extents, NULL);
-
   _gtk_theming_engine_set_context (engine, context);
   engine_class->render_layout (engine, cr, x, y, layout);