diff --git a/cui/source/options/appearance.cxx b/cui/source/options/appearance.cxx
index 9304ab269f52..bee1a48ef650 100644
--- a/cui/source/options/appearance.cxx
+++ b/cui/source/options/appearance.cxx
@@ -352,9 +352,6 @@ IMPL_LINK_NOARG(SvxAppearanceTabPage, ColorValueChgHdl, ColorListBox&, void)
     if (nEntry >= WINDOWCOLOR)
         m_bRestartRequired = true;
 
-    // set the color in pColorConfig
-    aCurrentEntryColor.nColor = m_xColorChangeBtn->GetSelectEntryColor();
-
     // use nColor for caching the value of color in use. This avoids tedious refactoring which IMO
     // would use function calls to discriminate between colors. Those functions themself call some virtual functions
     // making the whole thing super slow (comparatively).