diff --git a/src/sacctmgr/event_functions.c b/src/sacctmgr/event_functions.c
index ada0863b1d0b037dff1063fec984d41f032cb202..f40c537d80399125fc1be017935964e420f10d77 100644
--- a/src/sacctmgr/event_functions.c
+++ b/src/sacctmgr/event_functions.c
@@ -501,8 +501,6 @@ extern int sacctmgr_list_event(int argc, char *argv[])
 		return SLURM_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	print_fields_list = list_create(destroy_print_field);
-
 	if (!list_count(format_list)) {
 		if (event_cond->event_type == SLURMDB_EVENT_CLUSTER)
 			slurm_addto_char_list(format_list,