1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/font-lock.el b/lisp/font-lock.el
index 4eb7bb8c2d4..875f5b0592d 100644
--- a/lisp/font-lock.el
+++ b/lisp/font-lock.el
@@ -1902,18 +1902,13 @@ Sets various variables using `font-lock-defaults' and
            (removed-keywords
             (cdr-safe (assq major-mode font-lock-removed-keywords-alist))))
       ;; Syntactic fontification?
-      (if (nth 1 defaults)
-          (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-keywords-only) t)
-        (kill-local-variable 'font-lock-keywords-only))
+      (setq-local font-lock-keywords-only (nth 1 defaults))
       ;; Case fold during regexp fontification?
-      (if (nth 2 defaults)
-          (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search) t)
-        (kill-local-variable 'font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search))
+      (setq-local font-lock-keywords-case-fold-search (nth 2 defaults))
       ;; Syntax table for regexp and syntactic fontification?
       (if (null (nth 3 defaults))
-          (kill-local-variable 'font-lock-syntax-table)
-        (set (make-local-variable 'font-lock-syntax-table)
-             (copy-syntax-table (syntax-table)))
+          (setq-local font-lock-syntax-table nil)
+        (setq-local font-lock-syntax-table (copy-syntax-table (syntax-table)))
         (dolist (selem (nth 3 defaults))
           ;; The character to modify may be a single CHAR or a STRING.
           (let ((syntax (cdr selem)))