diff --git a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
index 504022ad7..718f34c57 100644
--- a/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
+++ b/src/truetype/ttgxvar.c
@@ -1761,8 +1761,6 @@ Exit:
     GX_Blend    blend;
     FT_UInt     i;
 
-    face->doblend = FALSE;
-
     if ( face->blend == NULL )
     {
       if ( ( error = TT_Get_MM_Var( face, NULL ) ) != 0 )