diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PShader.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PShader.java
index 2009cb886..42a1ebfcf 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PShader.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PShader.java
@@ -1139,10 +1139,6 @@ public class PShader implements PConstants {
     emissiveLoc = getAttributeLoc("emissive");
     shininessLoc = getAttributeLoc("shininess");
 
-    directionLoc = getAttributeLoc("direction");
-
-    offsetLoc = getAttributeLoc("offset");
-
     directionLoc = getAttributeLoc("direction");
     offsetLoc = getAttributeLoc("offset");