diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index d9ced46ea2f2db3831ce7fa2612d0c643b6e1347..ab8b9b4bf57e02074979acaa748e322affcc0538 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -2435,7 +2435,7 @@ void purge_old_job(void)
 	i = list_delete_all(job_list, &_list_find_job_old, "");
 	if (i) {
 		debug2("purge_old_job: purged %d old job records", i);
-		last_job_update = time(NULL);
+/*		last_job_update = time(NULL);	don't worry about state save */
 	}
 }