diff --git a/src/element.rs b/src/element.rs
index a94c1cec..47c8de96 100644
--- a/src/element.rs
+++ b/src/element.rs
@@ -347,14 +347,14 @@ impl Element {
                 Event::Text(s) => {
                     let text = s.unescape_and_decode(reader)?;
                     if text != "" {
-                        let mut current_elem = stack.last_mut().unwrap();
+                        let current_elem = stack.last_mut().unwrap();
                         current_elem.append_text_node(text);
                     }
                 },
                 Event::CData(s) => {
                     let text = reader.decode(&s).into_owned();
                     if text != "" {
-                        let mut current_elem = stack.last_mut().unwrap();
+                        let current_elem = stack.last_mut().unwrap();
                         current_elem.append_text_node(text);
                     }
                 },