diff --git a/src/ripple/rpc/handlers/Catalogue.cpp b/src/ripple/rpc/handlers/Catalogue.cpp
index 87908d05d..40a0f93b5 100644
--- a/src/ripple/rpc/handlers/Catalogue.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/rpc/handlers/Catalogue.cpp
@@ -1117,10 +1117,6 @@ doCatalogueLoad(RPC::JsonContext& context)
     decompStream->reset();
     infile.close();
 
-    // Update ledger range in ledger master
-    context.app.getLedgerMaster().setLedgerRangePresent(
-        header.min_ledger, header.max_ledger, true);
-
     JLOG(context.j.info()) << "Catalogue load complete! Loaded "
                            << ledgersLoaded << " ledgers from file size "
                            << file_size << " bytes";