diff --git a/compiler/transf.nim b/compiler/transf.nim
index 4cf048ba6c..30d64282fd 100644
--- a/compiler/transf.nim
+++ b/compiler/transf.nim
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ proc newTransNode(kind: TNodeKind, n: PNode,
                   sons: int): PNode {.inline.} =
   var x = newNodeIT(kind, n.info, n.typ)
   newSeq(x.sons, sons)
-  x.typ = n.typ
 #  x.flags = n.flags
   result = x