diff --git a/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc b/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
index 1d53ed6ef2..5bfc4dfee3 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ void optimize_func(ScriptFunc* f, std::shared_ptr<ProfileFunc> pf,
 	// Profile the new body.
 	pf = std::make_shared<ProfileFunc>(f, body, true);
 
-	pf = std::make_shared<ProfileFunc>(f, body, true);
 	// Compute its reaching definitions.
 	RD_Decorate reduced_rds(pf);