diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c b/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
index 7e411cad025c54c9d0906a50a418f9e2ffe1c283..ceca5867b24bc6c51ca512aad6718d0ecf36105a 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmd/req.c
@@ -699,7 +699,6 @@ _rpc_launch_tasks(slurm_msg_t *msg)
 
 #ifndef HAVE_FRONT_END
 	if (first_job_run) {
-		slurm_cred_insert_jobid(conf->vctx, req->job_id);
 		if (_run_prolog(req->job_id, req->uid, NULL) != 0) {
 			error("[job %u] prolog failed", req->job_id);
 			errnum = ESLURMD_PROLOG_FAILED;