diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
index 2c40b84f4adb8d996832826aece2d3602bc8c831..9938f92241eddc0d8c0a2f378d57534645a1c95c 100755
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/pgindent
@@ -1320,7 +1320,6 @@ int	pgindent_func_no_var_fix;\
 			    line3 ~ "		*}$")
 			{
 				print line2;
-				line1 = "";
 				line2 = "";
 				line3 = "";
 				skips = 3;
@@ -1350,7 +1349,6 @@ int	pgindent_func_no_var_fix;\
 			{
 				print line1;
 				print line3;
-				line1 = "";
 				line2 = "";
 				line3 = "";
 				skips = 3;
@@ -1378,7 +1376,6 @@ int	pgindent_func_no_var_fix;\
 			    line2 ~ "^#endif")
 			{
 				print line2;
-				line1 = "";
 				line2 = "";
 				skips = 2;
 			}