diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/API/src/ExperimentInfo.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/API/src/ExperimentInfo.cpp
index 2d579daf39e4a449e8dee302f36b0eb3234f2d0a..a67db24610be3a7142dec8d74c98394870167896 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/API/src/ExperimentInfo.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/API/src/ExperimentInfo.cpp
@@ -893,10 +893,6 @@ namespace API
       this->mutableRun().loadNexus(file, "logs");
     }
 
-    // Now the instrument source
-    instrumentXml = "";
-    instrumentName = "";
-
     // Try to get the instrument file
     file->openGroup("instrument", "NXinstrument");
     file->readData("name", instrumentName);