diff --git a/stb_textedit.h b/stb_textedit.h
index 91a52da..0b08e1a 100644
--- a/stb_textedit.h
+++ b/stb_textedit.h
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ static void stb_textedit_find_charpos(StbFindState *find, STB_TEXTEDIT_STRING *s
 
    // now scan to find xpos
    find->x = r.x0;
-   i = 0;
    for (i=0; first+i < n; ++i)
       find->x += STB_TEXTEDIT_GETWIDTH(str, first, i);
 }