diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
index b448533564..99ce8c752a 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
@@ -3363,8 +3363,6 @@ RecordKnownAssignedTransactionIds(TransactionId xid)
 
 		/* ShmemVariableCache->nextFullXid must be beyond any observed xid */
 		AdvanceNextFullTransactionIdPastXid(latestObservedXid);
-		next_expected_xid = latestObservedXid;
-		TransactionIdAdvance(next_expected_xid);
 	}
 }