diff --git a/lib/private/appconfig.php b/lib/private/appconfig.php
index 196d04aa9a506a73d27da4b3858ced318d7ac758..cfb2addc4c32d948c5d7d09c8d53183336bb6b8c 100644
--- a/lib/private/appconfig.php
+++ b/lib/private/appconfig.php
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ class AppConfig implements \OCP\IAppConfig {
 		if (is_array($this->apps) and $i = array_search($app, $this->apps) !== false) {
 			unset($this->apps[$i]);
 		}
-		$this->apps = null;
 	}
 
 	/**