diff --git a/lib/base64.js b/lib/base64.js
index d1d260d..d4c40c3 100644
--- a/lib/base64.js
+++ b/lib/base64.js
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ var Base64 = {
 	_utf8_decode : function (utftext) {
 		var string = "";
 		var i = 0;
-		var c = c1 = c2 = 0;
+		var c = c2 = 0;
 
 		while ( i < utftext.length ) {