diff --git a/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx b/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx
index 5195b8ac5d..5e4e7ee88c 100644
--- a/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/x11display/x11GraphicsWindow.cxx
@@ -2146,7 +2146,6 @@ get_cursor(const Filename &filename) {
   }
   fi = _cursor_filenames.find(resolved);
   if (fi != _cursor_filenames.end()) {
-    _cursor_filenames[filename] = (*fi).second;
     return fi->second;
   }