diff --git a/lib/resource/romance/SyntaxRomance.gf b/lib/resource/romance/SyntaxRomance.gf
index c98f5a6b0..e2ab0b636 100644
--- a/lib/resource/romance/SyntaxRomance.gf
+++ b/lib/resource/romance/SyntaxRomance.gf
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ oper
      } ;
 
   formVerb : Verb -> Bool -> Gender -> VPForm -> Str = \aller,b,g,vf ->
-    let va = (predVerb aller).s in va ! b ! g ! vf ;
+    (predVerb aller).s ! b ! g ! vf ;
 
   negVerb : Str -> Str ;