diff --git a/vcl/source/gdi/configsettings.cxx b/vcl/source/gdi/configsettings.cxx
index 0b1dcbb..ac38d23 100644
--- a/vcl/source/gdi/configsettings.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/gdi/configsettings.cxx
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ void SettingsConfigItem::getValues()
     m_aSettings.clear();
 
     Sequence< OUString > aNames( GetNodeNames( OUString() ) );
-    m_aSettings.resize( aNames.getLength() );
 
     for( int j = 0; j < aNames.getLength(); j++ )
     {
diff --git a/vcl/unx/headless/svptext.cxx b/vcl/unx/headless/svptext.cxx
index 8701a7f..1523241 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/headless/svptext.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/headless/svptext.cxx
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ void PspKernInfo::Initialize() const
         return;
 
     // feed psprint's kerning list into a lookup-friendly container
-    maUnicodeKernPairs.resize( rKernPairs.size() );
     PspKernPairs::const_iterator it = rKernPairs.begin();
     for(; it != rKernPairs.end(); ++it )
     {
diff --git a/vcl/unx/source/gdi/salgdi3.cxx b/vcl/unx/source/gdi/salgdi3.cxx
index d3718f5..50283ff 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/source/gdi/salgdi3.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/source/gdi/salgdi3.cxx
@@ -523,7 +523,6 @@ void PspKernInfo::Initialize() const
         return;
 
     // feed psprint's kerning list into a lookup-friendly container
-    maUnicodeKernPairs.resize( rKernPairs.size() );
     PspKernPairs::const_iterator it = rKernPairs.begin();
     for(; it != rKernPairs.end(); ++it )
     {