diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
index 5f2bd11c6..58aa7df17 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Persisters/JoinedSubclassPersister.php
@@ -269,7 +269,6 @@ class JoinedSubclassPersister extends AbstractEntityInheritancePersister
             $rootTable  = $this->quoteStrategy->getTableName($rootClass, $this->platform);
 
             $this->conn->delete($rootTable, $id);
-            $this->conn->delete($tableName, $identifier);
 
             return;
         }