diff --git a/src/fcdefault.c b/src/fcdefault.c
index 4643e46..6647a8f 100644
--- a/src/fcdefault.c
+++ b/src/fcdefault.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ retry:
     {
 	FcStrSet *langs = FcGetDefaultLangs ();
 	lang = FcStrdup (langs->strs[0]);
-	FcStrSetDestroy (langs);
 
 	if (!fc_atomic_ptr_cmpexch (&default_lang, NULL, lang)) {
 	    free (lang);