diff --git a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/unbuilder.py b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/unbuilder.py
index fa229b099..034589071 100644
--- a/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/unbuilder.py
+++ b/Lib/fontTools/colorLib/unbuilder.py
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     colorGlyphs = unbuildColrV1(
         colr.table.LayerList,
         colr.table.BaseGlyphList,
-        ignoreVarIdx=not colr.table.VarStore,
     )
 
     pprint(colorGlyphs)