diff --git a/src/p_mobj.c b/src/p_mobj.c
index 4b59b51aac2c4bbe027d0de4a1226ca4d49d41f2..6035a19ab290c0e454ce415451985b3c26d4ed7a 100644
--- a/src/p_mobj.c
+++ b/src/p_mobj.c
@@ -11784,7 +11784,6 @@ void P_SpawnPlayer(INT32 playernum)
     // MT_PLAYER cannot be removed, so this shouldn't be able to return NULL.
 	mobj = P_SpawnMobj(0, 0, 0, MT_PLAYER, p);
 	I_Assert(mobj != NULL);
-	p->mo = mobj;
 
 	mobj->angle = 0;