diff --git a/src/runner.c b/src/runner.c
index 4ee11c91aac872a9c1122a9c8e53f2e49485e7d1..803ef5e3b06f453de2161cfb2a9f82c3daf85926 100644
--- a/src/runner.c
+++ b/src/runner.c
@@ -1147,9 +1147,6 @@ void runner_do_timestep(struct runner *r, struct cell *c, int timer) {
   c->ti_end_min = ti_end_min;
   c->ti_end_max = ti_end_max;
 
-  /* Clear the sort field */
-  c->sorted = 0;
-
   if (timer) TIMER_TOC(timer_timestep);
 }
 
@@ -1276,9 +1273,6 @@ void runner_do_recv_cell(struct runner *r, struct cell *c, int timer) {
   c->ti_old = ti_current;
   c->h_max = h_max;
 
-  /* Clear the sort field */
-  c->sorted = 0;
-
   if (timer) TIMER_TOC(timer_dorecv_cell);
 
 #else