diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
index 5ef8a48cdd2f37..1932132867aa97 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
@@ -33109,8 +33109,6 @@ void gc_heap::background_mark_phase ()
 #endif //MULTIPLE_HEAPS
     }
 
-    gen0_bricks_cleared = FALSE;
-
     dprintf (2, ("end of bgc mark: loh: %d, poh: %d, soh: %d",
                  generation_size (loh_generation),
                  generation_size (poh_generation),