diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/synth_mbrola.c b/src/libespeak-ng/synth_mbrola.c
index 2a56b1fe..5d7d4c79 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/synth_mbrola.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/synth_mbrola.c
@@ -174,11 +174,6 @@ espeak_ng_STATUS LoadMbrolaTable(const char *mbrola_voice, const char *phtrans,
 	pw = (int *)mbrola_tab;
 	for (ix = 4; ix < size; ix += 4)
 		*pw++ = Read4Bytes(f_in);
-	if (fread(mbrola_tab, 1, size, f_in) != size) {
-		int error = errno;
-		fclose(f_in);
-		return error;
-	}
 	fclose(f_in);
 
 	setVolumeRatio_MBR((float)(mbrola_control & 0xff) /16.0f);