diff --git a/spine-c/src/spine/SkeletonJson.c b/spine-c/src/spine/SkeletonJson.c
index 217726775..3c3cdf307 100644
--- a/spine-c/src/spine/SkeletonJson.c
+++ b/spine-c/src/spine/SkeletonJson.c
@@ -956,7 +956,6 @@ spSkeletonData* spSkeletonJson_readSkeletonData (spSkeletonJson* self, const cha
 						path->constantSpeed = Json_getInt(attachmentMap, "constantSpeed", 1);
 						vertexCount = Json_getInt(attachmentMap, "vertexCount", 0);
 						_readVertices(self, attachmentMap, SUPER(path), vertexCount << 1);
-						path->super.verticesCount = vertexCount;
 
 						path->lengthsLength = vertexCount / 3;
 						path->lengths = MALLOC(float, path->lengthsLength);