diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/checkbox.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/checkbox.rs
index a9c0749fc..9310c64d5 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/checkbox.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/checkbox.rs
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ impl Widget for Checkbox<'_> {
 
         // Get the widget style by reading the response from the previous pass
         let id = ui.next_auto_id();
-        let response: Option<Response> = ui.ctx().read_response(id);
-        let state = response.map(|r| r.widget_state()).unwrap_or_default();
-
         let CheckboxStyle {
             check_size,
             checkbox_frame,
diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/separator.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/separator.rs
index bb4ae1ab9..e188d4127 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/separator.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/separator.rs
@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ impl Widget for Separator {
 
         // Get the widget style by reading the response from the previous pass
         let id = ui.next_auto_id();
-        let response: Option<Response> = ui.ctx().read_response(id);
-        let state = response.map(|r| r.widget_state()).unwrap_or_default();
         let SeparatorStyle {
             spacing: spacing_style,
             stroke,