diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
index 6be57676d07..24244e6323a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/render/print_item.rs
@@ -1542,7 +1542,6 @@ fn item_struct(w: &mut Buffer, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, s: &clean
}
fn item_static(w: &mut impl fmt::Write, cx: &mut Context<'_>, it: &clean::Item, s: &clean::Static) {
-
let mut buffer = Buffer::new();
wrap_item(&mut buffer, |buffer| {
render_attributes_in_code(buffer, it, cx.tcx());