diff --git a/edit/ChangeLog b/edit/ChangeLog
index 0546fe222..08fe77dc9 100644
--- a/edit/ChangeLog
+++ b/edit/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 	(edit_read_syntax_file): Use PATH_SEP_STR.
 	(edit_load_syntax): Use syntax_g_free to release error_file_name.
 	(edit_read_syntax_rules): Likewise.
+	Eliminate c->single_char. It's only written but never read.
+
+	* edit.h (struct context_rule): Comment out single_char field.
+	It is written once but never read.
 
 2001-12-22  Andrew V. Samoilov  <kai@cmail.ru>
 
diff --git a/edit/edit.h b/edit/edit.h
index dd970f0ef..54f7155ac 100644
--- a/edit/edit.h
+++ b/edit/edit.h
@@ -179,7 +179,9 @@ struct context_rule {
     unsigned char first_right;
     char line_start_left;
     char line_start_right;
+#if 0
     int single_char;
+#endif
     int between_delimiters;
     char *whole_word_chars_left;
     char *whole_word_chars_right;
diff --git a/edit/syntax.c b/edit/syntax.c
index 410d7e894..d8c031027 100644
--- a/edit/syntax.c
+++ b/edit/syntax.c
@@ -691,7 +691,9 @@ static int edit_read_syntax_rules (WEdit * edit, FILE * f)
 		c->right = (char *) strdup (*a++);
 		c->first_left = *c->left;
 		c->first_right = *c->right;
+#if 0
 		c->single_char = (strlen (c->right) == 1);
+#endif
 	    }
 	    c->keyword = syntax_malloc (MAX_WORDS_PER_CONTEXT * sizeof (struct key_word *));
 #if 0