diff --git a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
index 194704744bbe..ba6ca68b651f 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/handler/handler0alter.cc
@@ -5662,12 +5662,6 @@ ha_innobase::prepare_inplace_alter_table(
 	if (!(ha_alter_info->handler_flags & ~INNOBASE_INPLACE_IGNORE)) {
 		/* Nothing to do */
 		assert(m_prebuilt->trx->dict_operation_lock_mode == 0);
-		if (ha_alter_info->handler_flags & ~INNOBASE_INPLACE_IGNORE) {
-
-			online_retry_drop_indexes(
-				m_prebuilt->table, m_user_thd);
-
-		}
 		DBUG_RETURN(false);
 	}