diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 940c93f0e..efa0dae39 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -537,26 +537,6 @@ private:
                 return &tok;
             }
 
-            // += etc
-            if (Token::Match(tok.previous(), "[;{}]") || Token::Match(tok.tokAt(-2), "[;{}] *"))
-            {
-                // goto the equal..
-                const Token *eq = tok.next();
-                if (eq && eq->str() == "[" && eq->link() && eq->link()->next())
-                    eq = eq->link()->next();
-
-                // is it X=
-                if (Token::Match(eq, "+=|-=|*=|/=|&=|^=") || eq->str() == "|=")
-                {
-                    if (tok.previous()->str() == "*")
-                        use_pointer(checks, &tok);
-                    else if (tok.next()->str() == "[")
-                        use_array(checks, &tok);
-                    else
-                        use(checks, &tok);
-                }
-            }
-
             if (Token::Match(tok.next(), "= malloc|kmalloc") || Token::simpleMatch(tok.next(), "= new char ["))
             {
                 alloc_pointer(checks, tok.varId());