diff --git a/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c b/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
index e432128ee7..4351f9d447 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkemojicompletion.c
@@ -566,7 +566,6 @@ 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);