diff --git a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c
index 2f7a327b6..cbeda1778 100644
--- a/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c
+++ b/server/modules/routing/binlog/blr_slave.c
@@ -2175,10 +2175,6 @@ uint32_t	chksum;
 	if (slave->nocrc)
 		len -= 4;
 
-	/* no slave crc, remove 4 bytes */
-	if (slave->nocrc)
-		len -= 4;
-
 	// Build a fake rotate event
 	resp = gwbuf_alloc(len + 5);
 	hdr.payload_len = len + 1;