diff --git a/unicode.cpp b/unicode.cpp
index 1c3c2b2c6..233dae564 100644
--- a/unicode.cpp
+++ b/unicode.cpp
@@ -446,13 +446,12 @@ static std::vector<size_t> unicode_regex_split_custom_llama3(const std::string &
             }
 
             // regex: <space>?[^\s\p{L}\p{N}]+[\r\n]*
-            char32_t cpt2 = (cpt == ' ' ? _get_cpt(pos+1) : cpt);
             int cpt2_type = (cpt == ' ' ? _get_cpt_type(pos+1) : cpt_type);
             if (cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE && cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER && cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT && cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_UNIDENTIFIED) {
                 pos += (cpt == ' ');
                 while(cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE && cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_LETTER && cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_DIGIT && cpt2_type != CODEPOINT_TYPE_UNIDENTIFIED)
                     cpt2_type = _get_cpt_type(++pos);
-                cpt2 = _get_cpt(pos);
+                char32_t cpt2 = _get_cpt(pos);
                 while(cpt2 == '\r' || cpt2 == '\n')
                     cpt2 = _get_cpt(++pos);
                 _add_token(pos);
@@ -462,7 +461,7 @@ static std::vector<size_t> unicode_regex_split_custom_llama3(const std::string &
             size_t num_whitespaces = 0;
             size_t last_end_r_or_n = 0;
             while (_get_cpt_type(pos+num_whitespaces) == CODEPOINT_TYPE_WHITESPACE) {
-                cpt2 = _get_cpt(pos+num_whitespaces);
+                char32_t cpt2 = _get_cpt(pos+num_whitespaces);
                 if (cpt2 == '\r' || cpt2 == '\n')
                     last_end_r_or_n = pos + num_whitespaces + 1;
                 num_whitespaces++;