diff --git a/src/color.c b/src/color.c
index 12417ccb..53f04481 100644
--- a/src/color.c
+++ b/src/color.c
@@ -235,9 +235,6 @@ void find_and_prime_applicable_syntax(void)
 void set_up_multicache(linestruct *line)
 {
 	line->multidata = nmalloc(openfile->syntax->nmultis * sizeof(short));
-
-	for (short index = 0; index < openfile->syntax->nmultis; index++)
-		line->multidata[index] = -1;
 }
 
 /* Determine whether the matches of multiline regexes are still the same,