diff --git a/src/stdlib/SDL_string.c b/src/stdlib/SDL_string.c
index 82d5232fc..fd3fba3f7 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/SDL_string.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/SDL_string.c
@@ -1357,7 +1357,6 @@ SDL_PrintFloat(char *text, size_t maxlen, SDL_FormatInfo *info, double arg)
 
     if (arg) {
         /* This isn't especially accurate, but hey, it's easy. :) */
-        double precision = 1.0;
         unsigned long value;
 
         if (arg < 0) {
@@ -1386,9 +1385,6 @@ SDL_PrintFloat(char *text, size_t maxlen, SDL_FormatInfo *info, double arg)
         if (info->precision < 0) {
             info->precision = 6;
         }
-        for (i = 0; i < info->precision; ++i) {
-            precision *= 0.1;
-        }
         if (info->force_type || info->precision > 0) {
             int mult = 10;
             if (left > 1) {