diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c b/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
index eedacea5..982a18ac 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/tr_languages.c
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ static Translator *NewTranslator(void)
 
 	for (ix = 0; ix < 8; ix++) {
 		tr->stress_amps[ix] = stress_amps2[ix];
-		tr->stress_amps_r[ix] = stress_amps2[ix] - 1;
 		tr->stress_lengths[ix] = stress_lengths2[ix];
 	}
 	memset(&(tr->langopts), 0, sizeof(tr->langopts));
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
index a992a62f..9d0b66ea 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/translate.h
@@ -555,7 +555,6 @@ typedef struct {
 	int phoneme_tab_ix;
 
 	unsigned char stress_amps[8];
-	unsigned char stress_amps_r[8];
 	short stress_lengths[8];
 	int dict_condition;    // conditional apply some pronunciation rules and dict.lookups
 	int dict_min_size;
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c b/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c
index a4db9a6b..1fe9c5db 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/voices.c
@@ -927,7 +927,6 @@ voice_t *LoadVoice(const char *vname, int control)
 		translator->stress_lengths[ix] += stress_add[ix];
 	for (ix = 0; ix < stress_amps_set; ix++) {
 		translator->stress_amps[ix] = stress_amps[ix];
-		translator->stress_amps_r[ix] = stress_amps[ix] -1;
 	}
 
 	return voice;