diff --git a/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c b/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
index 0a84400d1f..41c0a87a67 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
@@ -593,7 +593,6 @@ populate_completion (GtkEmojiCompletion *completion,
   GVariantIter iter;
   GVariant *item;
 
-  text = g_strdup (text);
   g_free (completion->text);
   completion->text = g_strdup (text);
   completion->length = g_utf8_strlen (text, -1);