1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index abc32c8a7d..7500c55095 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -2093,7 +2093,6 @@ static unsigned char *deflate_it(char *data,
 	unsigned char *deflated;
 	git_zstream stream;
 
-	memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
 	git_deflate_init(&stream, zlib_compression_level);
 	bound = git_deflate_bound(&stream, size);
 	deflated = xmalloc(bound);