diff --git a/src/frontend/inpcom.c b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
index af230c9c1..95304bc78 100644
--- a/src/frontend/inpcom.c
+++ b/src/frontend/inpcom.c
@@ -5256,7 +5256,6 @@ int get_number_terminals(char *c)
                 if (strchr(inst, '='))
                     j++;
                 tfree(inst);
-                i++;
             }
             if (i == 100)
                 return 0;