diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/FastMath.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/FastMath.java
index c5a198a61..8736099fa 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/FastMath.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/math3/util/FastMath.java
@@ -2561,7 +2561,6 @@ public class FastMath {
             zb += pib - resultb;
 
             result = za + zb;
-            resultb = -(result - za - zb);
         }