diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
index 8e7d65faa2851e..4271a93b46931e 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
@@ -526,10 +526,6 @@ _pysqlite_query_execute(pysqlite_Cursor* self, int multiple, PyObject* operation
     Py_SETREF(self->description, Py_None);
     self->rowcount = 0L;
 
-    if (self->statement) {
-        (void)pysqlite_statement_reset(self->statement);
-    }
-
     PyObject *stmt = get_statement_from_cache(self, operation);
     Py_XSETREF(self->statement, (pysqlite_Statement *)stmt);
     if (!self->statement) {