diff --git a/re2/nfa.cc b/re2/nfa.cc
index dd59c67..40d1194 100644
--- a/re2/nfa.cc
+++ b/re2/nfa.cc
@@ -357,7 +357,6 @@
         if (endmatch_ && p != etext_)
           break;
 
-        const char* old = t->capture[1];  // previous end pointer
         t->capture[1] = p;
         if (longest_) {
           // Leftmost-longest mode: save this match only if
@@ -374,7 +373,6 @@
           // Cut off the threads that can only find matches
           // worse than the one we just found: don't run the
           // rest of the current Threadq.
-          t->capture[0] = old;
           FreeThread(t);
           for (++i; i != runq->end(); ++i)
             FreeThread(i->second);
@@ -382,7 +380,6 @@
           matched_ = true;
           return 0;
         }
-        t->capture[0] = old;
         matched_ = true;
         break;
     }