diff --git a/dlls/ntdll/nt.c b/dlls/ntdll/nt.c
index f9302c1a79d..bc7ef8602e0 100644
--- a/dlls/ntdll/nt.c
+++ b/dlls/ntdll/nt.c
@@ -995,7 +995,6 @@ void fill_cpu_info(void)
             {
                 if (isdigit(value[0]))
                 {
-                    value[1] = '\0'; /* Make sure we only get one character */
                     cached_sci.Level = atoi(value);
                 }
                 continue;