diff --git a/src/backend/Level0/CHIPBackendLevel0.cc b/src/backend/Level0/CHIPBackendLevel0.cc
index 42fea0e91..9d62df0d9 100644
--- a/src/backend/Level0/CHIPBackendLevel0.cc
+++ b/src/backend/Level0/CHIPBackendLevel0.cc
@@ -728,7 +728,6 @@ void CHIPStaleEventMonitorLevel0::checkEvents() {
         ChipEventLz->isDeletedSanityCheck();
         ChipEventLz->EventPool->returnEvent(ChipEventLz);
       }
-      ChipEventLz->markDeleted();
     }
 
   } // done collecting events to delete