diff --git a/src/main/java/uk/co/jemos/podam/typeManufacturers/StringTypeManufacturerImpl.java b/src/main/java/uk/co/jemos/podam/typeManufacturers/StringTypeManufacturerImpl.java
index 25f346621..f5f8dd7bf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/uk/co/jemos/podam/typeManufacturers/StringTypeManufacturerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/uk/co/jemos/podam/typeManufacturers/StringTypeManufacturerImpl.java
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ public String getType(DataProviderStrategy strategy,
         PodamStringValue annotationStrategy = findElementOfType(
                 attributeMetadata.getAttributeAnnotations(), PodamStringValue.class);
 
-            retValue = getStringValue(attributeMetadata);
-
         if (null != annotationStrategy) {
 
             retValue = annotationStrategy.strValue();