diff --git a/client/X11/xf_cliprdr.c b/client/X11/xf_cliprdr.c
index 47068e95b..557f7cc04 100644
--- a/client/X11/xf_cliprdr.c
+++ b/client/X11/xf_cliprdr.c
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ static void xf_cliprdr_process_requested_data(xfClipboard* clipboard,
 			break;
 
 		case CB_FORMAT_HTML:
-			size = strlen((char*) data) + 1;
 			srcFormatId = ClipboardGetFormatId(clipboard->system, "text/html");
 			break;
 	}