diff --git a/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c b/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c
index 3fd98d7577..9fd506a0ca 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcssstylepropertyimpl.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static GtkCssValue *
 font_family_assign (GtkCssStyleProperty *property,
                     const GValue        *value)
 {
-  const char **names = g_value_get_boxed (value);
+  const char **names;
   GtkCssValue *result;
   GPtrArray *array;