diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/clog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/clog.c
index 5ae962b86e1..6fa4713fb4d 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/clog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/clog.c
@@ -773,11 +773,6 @@ TrimCLOG(void)
 
 	LWLockAcquire(XactSLRULock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
 
-	/*
-	 * Re-Initialize our idea of the latest page number.
-	 */
-	XactCtl->shared->latest_page_number = pageno;
-
 	/*
 	 * Zero out the remainder of the current clog page.  Under normal
 	 * circumstances it should be zeroes already, but it seems at least