diff --git a/src/ui/knot/knot-holder.cpp b/src/ui/knot/knot-holder.cpp
index 5154c02d9c7a3579d5a8618a893598be849f0bdf..082ca31a5edfd901b5bbf32f4e06d8c3a59dd462 100644
--- a/src/ui/knot/knot-holder.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/knot/knot-holder.cpp
@@ -362,7 +362,6 @@ void KnotHolder::remove(KnotHolderEntity *e)
             break;
         }
     }
-    entity.clear(); // is this necessary?
 }
 
 void KnotHolder::add_pattern_knotholder()