1 file changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/source/shared.c b/source/shared.c
index d159a7a..30e2e12 100644
--- a/source/shared.c
+++ b/source/shared.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ void cgit_prepare_repo_env(struct cgit_repo *repo)
 				vars[i].name, vars[i].value, strerror(errno), errno);
 }
 
-int cgit_read_first_line(const char *path, char **buf, size_t *size)
+int cgit_read_first_line(const char *path, char **buf)
 {
 	int fd, err;
 	ssize_t got;
@@ -533,12 +533,10 @@ int cgit_read_first_line(const char *path, char **buf, size_t *size)
 		err = errno;
 		free(*buf);
 		*buf = NULL;
-		*size = 0;
 		close(fd);
 		return err;
 	}
-	*size = got;
-	(*buf)[*size] = '\0';
+	(*buf)[got] = '\0';
 	*strchrnul(*buf, '\n') = '\0';
 	close(fd);
 	return 0;