diff --git a/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc b/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
index 511e1d4..ea3efa7 100644
--- a/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
+++ b/src/HTMLRenderer/install.cc
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ void HTMLRenderer::install_external_font(GfxFont * font, FontInfo & info)
         cerr << "Warning: workaround for font names in bad encodings." << endl;
     }
 
-    GooString gfn(fontname.c_str());
     GfxFontLoc * localfontloc = font->locateFont(xref, gFalse);
 
     if(param->embed_external_font)