diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java
index 6045d203ab7..bbdde45c770 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/indexing/ShardIndexingService.java
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ public class ShardIndexingService extends AbstractIndexShardComponent {
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 logger.warn("postDelete listener [{}] failed", e, listener);
             }
-            listener.postDelete(delete);
         }
     }