1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/svgio/source/svgreader/svgtools.cxx b/svgio/source/svgreader/svgtools.cxx
index b6e1d23f2a24..79db5ebedc38 100644
--- a/svgio/source/svgreader/svgtools.cxx
+++ b/svgio/source/svgreader/svgtools.cxx
@@ -1663,10 +1663,10 @@ namespace svgio
             const sal_Unicode aSpace(' ');
 
             // convert newline to space
-            OUString aRetval(convert(rCandidate, aNewline, aSpace, false));
+            convert(rCandidate, aNewline, aSpace, false);
 
             // convert tab to space
-            aRetval = convert(rCandidate, aTab, aSpace, false);
+            convert(rCandidate, aTab, aSpace, false);
 
             return rCandidate;
         }