diff --git a/src/porting.cpp b/src/porting.cpp
index 378df65ce..826868312 100644
--- a/src/porting.cpp
+++ b/src/porting.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ void signal_handler_init(void)
 
 // Default to RUN_IN_PLACE style relative paths
 std::string path_share = "..";
-std::string path_share = "..";
 std::string path_locale = path_share + DIR_DELIM + "locale";
 std::string path_cache = path_share + DIR_DELIM + "cache";