diff --git a/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp b/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp
index 1e4f5bde5828..aa894d92dde5 100644
--- a/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp
+++ b/toolkit/xre/nsEmbedFunctions.cpp
@@ -394,9 +394,6 @@ nsresult XRE_InitChildProcess(int aArgc, char* aArgv[],
     }
   }
 
-  gArgv = aArgv;
-  gArgc = aArgc;
-
 #ifdef MOZ_X11
   XInitThreads();
 #endif