diff --git a/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc b/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
index 0c50e895a0..34a8104a83 100644
--- a/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
+++ b/components/lazutils/fileutil.inc
@@ -851,7 +851,6 @@ begin
   {$else}
   MaskList := TMaskList.Create(ASearchMask, FMaskSeparator, CaseSensitive);
   {$endif}
-  MaskList := TMaskList.Create(ASearchMask, FMaskSeparator, CaseSensitive);
   // empty mask = all files mask
   if MaskList.Count = 0 then
     FreeAndNil(MaskList);