diff --git a/viewport.c b/viewport.c
index 7dc46e4a6b..1f522ab7ad 100644
--- a/viewport.c
+++ b/viewport.c
@@ -1177,8 +1177,6 @@ static void ViewportDrawStrings(DrawPixelInfo *dpi, const StringSpriteToDraw *ss
 
 		ss = ss->next;
 	} while (ss != NULL);
-
-	_cur_dpi = dpi;
 }
 
 void ViewportDoDraw(const ViewPort *vp, int left, int top, int right, int bottom)