diff --git a/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c b/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
index 76175aaa6be..267ecc7c7f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
+++ b/src/backend/executor/nodeModifyTable.c
@@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ ExecDelete(ModifyTableState *mtstate,
 		 */
 		if (TTS_EMPTY(slot))
 			ExecStoreAllNullTuple(slot);
-		ExecMaterializeSlot(slot);
 
 		slot->tts_tableOid = RelationGetRelid(resultRelationDesc);
 	}