diff --git a/util/hb-info.cc b/util/hb-info.cc
index ce467eaf0..109a2a893 100644
--- a/util/hb-info.cc
+++ b/util/hb-info.cc
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ struct info_t
       printf ("Unicode	Glyph name\n\n");
     }
 
-    hb_face_t *face = hb_font_get_face (font);
-
     hb_set_t *unicodes = hb_set_create ();
     hb_map_t *cmap = hb_map_create ();
 
@@ -216,8 +214,6 @@ struct info_t
       printf ("GlyphID	Glyph name\n\n");
     }
 
-    hb_face_t *face = hb_font_get_face (font);
-
     unsigned num_glyphs = hb_face_get_glyph_count (face);
 
     for (hb_codepoint_t gid = 0; gid < num_glyphs; gid++)