diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/SrtFromTtmlWriter.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/SrtFromTtmlWriter.java
index 6f584d055..652053e45 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/SrtFromTtmlWriter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/SrtFromTtmlWriter.java
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ public class SrtFromTtmlWriter {
      *         actual (literal) characters.
      */
     private String decodeXmlEntities(final String encodedEntities) {
-        final String decoded = Parser.unescapeEntities(encodedEntities, true);
-        return decoded;
+        return Parser.unescapeEntities(encodedEntities, true);
     }
 
     /**