diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 08e9fe3e3..da37e211b 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -852,8 +852,7 @@ Settings MainWindow::getCppcheckSettings()
 
     Settings result;
 
-    const QString applicationFilePath = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath();
-    result.exename = applicationFilePath.toStdString();
+    result.exename = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath().toStdString();
 
     const bool std = tryLoadLibrary(&result.library, "std.cfg");
     bool posix = true;