diff --git a/src/hb-cairo-utils.cc b/src/hb-cairo-utils.cc
index dd27ed908..1eeee7a40 100644
--- a/src/hb-cairo-utils.cc
+++ b/src/hb-cairo-utils.cc
@@ -288,9 +288,7 @@ _hb_cairo_get_color_stops (hb_cairo_context_t *c,
     if ((*stops)[i].is_foreground)
     {
       double r, g, b, a;
-      cairo_pattern_t *foreground;
-
-      foreground = cairo_user_scaled_font_get_foreground_source (c->scaled_font);
+      cairo_pattern_t *foreground = cairo_user_scaled_font_get_foreground_source (c->scaled_font);
       if (cairo_pattern_get_rgba (foreground, &r, &g, &b, &a) == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
         (*stops)[i].color = HB_COLOR (round (b * 255.), round (g * 255.), round (r * 255.),
                                       round (a * hb_color_get_alpha ((*stops)[i].color)));
diff --git a/src/hb-cairo.cc b/src/hb-cairo.cc
index 9d777017d..0033ea5be 100644
--- a/src/hb-cairo.cc
+++ b/src/hb-cairo.cc
@@ -253,10 +253,8 @@ hb_cairo_paint_color (hb_paint_funcs_t *pfuncs HB_UNUSED,
 
   if (use_foreground)
   {
-    cairo_pattern_t *foreground;
     double r, g, b, a;
-
-    foreground = cairo_user_scaled_font_get_foreground_source (c->scaled_font);
+    cairo_pattern_t *foreground = cairo_user_scaled_font_get_foreground_source (c->scaled_font);
     if (cairo_pattern_get_rgba (foreground, &r, &g, &b, &a) == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS)
       cairo_set_source_rgba (cr, r, g, b, a * hb_color_get_alpha (color) / 255.);
     else