diff --git a/clutter/clutter-actor.c b/clutter/clutter-actor.c
index 33fe3e71b..01c33cbf5 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter-actor.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter-actor.c
@@ -18790,14 +18790,6 @@ on_transition_stopped (ClutterTransition *transition,
 
       g_signal_emit (actor, actor_signals[TRANSITIONS_COMPLETED], 0);
     }
-
-  if (clos->is_implicit ||
-      clutter_transition_get_remove_on_complete (transition))
-    {
-      /* release the reference we acquired above */
-      g_object_unref (transition);
-    }
-
 }
 
 static void