diff --git a/com/williamfiset/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java b/com/williamfiset/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java
index 48e1518..1374be3 100644
--- a/com/williamfiset/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java
+++ b/com/williamfiset/datastructures/binarysearchtree/BinarySearchTree.java
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ private Node remove(Node node, T elem) {
         Node rightChild = node.right;
 
         node.data = null;
-        node = null;
 
         return rightChild;
 
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ private Node remove(Node node, T elem) {
         Node leftChild = node.left;
 
         node.data = null;
-        node = null;
 
         return leftChild;