diff --git a/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_widgets.c b/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_widgets.c
index 4f24911b8f2..ce1109ad9df 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_widgets.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/interface/interface_widgets.c
@@ -2208,7 +2208,6 @@ static void widget_draw_text(const uiFontStyle *fstyle,
           }
 
           int ul_width = round_fl_to_int(BLF_width(fstyle->uifont_id, "_", 2));
-          int ul_height = max_ii(fstyle->points * U.dpi_fac * 0.1f, U.pixelsize);
 
           struct UnderlineData ul_data = {
               .str_offset = ul_index,