diff --git a/src/tt.cpp b/src/tt.cpp
index 57dd0079..00ecfb63 100644
--- a/src/tt.cpp
+++ b/src/tt.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ void TranspositionTable::set_size(size_t mbSize) {
                     << " MB for transposition table." << std::endl;
           Application::exit_with_failure();
       }
-      clear();
   }
 }