diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java
index 1262b9647e86c3d4c834344fcadde5658a88acd8..331fb35a06ee2fae323f658b0b0dd34df2774770 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/linkdiscovery/internal/LinkDiscoveryManager.java
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ IFloodlightModule, IInfoProvider, IHAListener {
             NodePortTuple npt;
             npt = maintenanceQueue.remove();
             sendDiscoveryMessage(npt.getNodeId(), npt.getPortId(), false, false);
-            nptList.add(npt);
             count++;
         }