diff --git a/scribus/plugins/import/svg/svgplugin.cpp b/scribus/plugins/import/svg/svgplugin.cpp
index fa729ac5d..f25177c5c 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/import/svg/svgplugin.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/import/svg/svgplugin.cpp
@@ -2350,7 +2350,6 @@ const char * SVGPlug::getCoord(const char *ptr, double &number) const
 QString SVGPlug::parseColor(const QString &s)
 {
 	QColor c;
-	QString ret = CommonStrings::None;
 	if (s.length() > 11) // icc-color()
 	{
 		int iccColorIndex  = s.indexOf("icc-color");
@@ -2396,8 +2395,7 @@ QString SVGPlug::parseColor(const QString &s)
 	QString fNam = m_Doc->PageColors.tryAddColor(newColorName, tmp);
 	if (fNam == newColorName)
 		importedColors.append(newColorName);
-	ret = fNam;
-	return ret;
+	return fNam;
 }
 
 QString SVGPlug::parseIccColor(const QString &s)