diff --git a/src/edif.cpp b/src/edif.cpp
index b36e13a0ca566b7728326562811aa0cab680c366..d7ff6084556692e41dc1eade52a4ada8b9610ed0 100644
--- a/src/edif.cpp
+++ b/src/edif.cpp
@@ -815,7 +815,6 @@ void NEdif::ReadTab( string qualif )
                     nz += nzdat;
                     for( uint iz=0; iz<nzdat; ++iz )
                         olf.ZCo.push_back( CCoord("z"+strg(iz), "") );
-                    olf.ZCo.push_back( CCoord("line", "") );
                 } else if( zdat.size() != nzdat )
                     throw "header in line " + strg(ni) +
                         " has length " + strg(zdat.size()) +