1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/io.c b/io.c
index fc65849096..3c25f289ce 100644
--- a/io.c
+++ b/io.c
@@ -2242,8 +2242,6 @@ set_outfile(val, var, orig, stdf)
 
     GetOpenFile(val, fptr);
     rb_io_check_writable(fptr);
-
-    GetOpenFile(*var, fptr);
     f = GetWriteFile(fptr);
     dup2(fileno(f), fileno(stdf));