diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index 984705f8a05a696ce87a4df56585560983e58d61..fb47a2e251be34634b8456b2fdd120137d307317 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -5457,7 +5457,6 @@ static void _list_delete_job(void *job_entry)
 	xfree(job_ptr->licenses);
 	if (job_ptr->license_list)
 		list_destroy(job_ptr->license_list);
-	job_ptr->magic = 0;
 	xfree(job_ptr->mail_user);
 	xfree(job_ptr->name);
 	xfree(job_ptr->network);