diff --git a/lisp/help.el b/lisp/help.el
index 0d516cf9f68..c5de59d6bc7 100644
--- a/lisp/help.el
+++ b/lisp/help.el
@@ -453,9 +453,8 @@ With argument, display info only for the selected version."
 		((< vn 18) "NEWS.1-17")
 		(t (format "NEWS.%d" vn))))
 	 res)
-    (let ((inhibit-local-variables-regexps '(".*")))
-      (find-file (expand-file-name file data-directory))
-      (emacs-news-view-mode))
+    (find-file (expand-file-name file data-directory))
+    (emacs-news-view-mode)
     (goto-char (point-min))
     (when (stringp version)
       (when (re-search-forward