diff --git a/src/cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp b/src/cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp
index d3c7dba48..d3b71d316 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_basic/cryptonote_format_utils.cpp
@@ -1256,7 +1256,6 @@ namespace cryptonote
   crypto::hash get_transaction_hash(const transaction& t)
   {
     crypto::hash h = null_hash;
-    get_transaction_hash(t, h, NULL);
     CHECK_AND_ASSERT_THROW_MES(get_transaction_hash(t, h, NULL), "Failed to calculate transaction hash");
     return h;
   }