diff --git a/SWIG/Source/Modules1.1/python.cxx b/SWIG/Source/Modules1.1/python.cxx
index ca9146ed0..c93d24ad8 100644
--- a/SWIG/Source/Modules1.1/python.cxx
+++ b/SWIG/Source/Modules1.1/python.cxx
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ PYTHON::create_function(char *name, char *iname, SwigType *d, ParmList *l) {
 	   "(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs) {",
 	   0);
   }
-  Printf(f->code,"    self = self;\n");
 
   Wrapper_add_local(f,"resultobj", "PyObject *resultobj");