diff --git a/src/mod/applications/mod_rss/mod_rss.c b/src/mod/applications/mod_rss/mod_rss.c
index 0c2a864253..5f23024da2 100644
--- a/src/mod/applications/mod_rss/mod_rss.c
+++ b/src/mod/applications/mod_rss/mod_rss.c
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_APP(rss_function)
 
 						if (entries[dtb.index].title_txt) {
 							switch_snprintf(tmpbuf + tmplen, sizeof(tmpbuf) - tmplen, "%s", entries[dtb.index].title_txt);
-							tmplen = (uint32_t) strlen(tmpbuf);
 						}
 					}
 					switch_core_speech_flush_tts(&sh);
@@ -590,7 +589,6 @@ SWITCH_STANDARD_APP(rss_function)
 					}
 
 					if (cont) {
-						cont = 0;
 						continue;
 					}