diff --git a/src/plugins/e-acsl/src/code_generator/injector.ml b/src/plugins/e-acsl/src/code_generator/injector.ml
index 960e1d79cb5658576b7c7477da82e33c4a3457e7..49f1da4d1c25f2bacb000c77510c3eaef337784e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/e-acsl/src/code_generator/injector.ml
+++ b/src/plugins/e-acsl/src/code_generator/injector.ml
@@ -465,7 +465,6 @@ and inject_in_stmt env kf stmt =
   (* translate the precondition of the function *)
   let env =
     if translate_pre_funspec then begin
-      Populate_spec.(populate_funspec kf [`Assigns]);
       let funspec = Annotations.funspec kf in
       Translate_annots.pre_funspec kf env funspec
     end