diff --git a/gdk/gdkkeys.c b/gdk/gdkkeys.c
index 4d8978e552..0c63aefa25 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkkeys.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkkeys.c
@@ -576,14 +576,10 @@ gdk_keymap_get_cached_entries_for_keyval (GdkKeymap     *keymap,
   cached = GPOINTER_TO_UINT (g_hash_table_lookup (keymap->cache, GUINT_TO_POINTER (keyval)));
   if (cached == 0)
     {
-      GdkKeymapKey key;
-
       offset = keymap->cached_keys->len;
 
       GDK_KEYMAP_GET_CLASS (keymap)->get_entries_for_keyval (keymap, keyval, keymap->cached_keys);
 
-      g_array_append_val (keymap->cached_keys, key);
-
       len = keymap->cached_keys->len - offset;
       g_assert (len <= 255);