diff --git a/hash-files b/hash-files
index d76b22e..df2c660 100755
--- a/hash-files
+++ b/hash-files
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ mdls_per_file () {
 		fi
 		IFS=$old_IFS
 	done
-	old_IFS=$IFS
 	printf '%s\n' $mdls_properties
 }