diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14b5ed7a6..de1e06a1e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2014-09-22  Werner Lemberg  <wl@gnu.org>
+
+	[autofit] Minor code streamlining.
+
+	* src/autofit/afhints.c (af_axis_hints_new_edge): Remove redundant
+	initialization.
+
 2014-09-19  Alexei Podtelezhnikov  <apodtele@gmail.com>
 
 	* src/base/ftcalc.c: Harmonize code.
diff --git a/src/autofit/afhints.c b/src/autofit/afhints.c
index 88a97d45e..ec6142605 100644
--- a/src/autofit/afhints.c
+++ b/src/autofit/afhints.c
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@
   }
 
 
-  /* Get new edge for given axis, direction, and position. */
+  /* Get new edge for given axis, direction, and position, */
+  /* without initializing the edge itself.                 */
 
   FT_LOCAL( FT_Error )
   af_axis_hints_new_edge( AF_AxisHints  axis,
@@ -130,10 +131,6 @@
 
     axis->num_edges++;
 
-    FT_ZERO( edge );
-    edge->fpos = (FT_Short)fpos;
-    edge->dir  = (FT_Char)dir;
-
   Exit:
     *anedge = edge;
     return error;