diff --git a/src/USER-DPD/fix_shardlow.cpp b/src/USER-DPD/fix_shardlow.cpp
index 409b75b0fbc80dc95805af525aa92057d286443d..22022945ad32491d81d9b8134a0a0ae5496d4cc6 100644
--- a/src/USER-DPD/fix_shardlow.cpp
+++ b/src/USER-DPD/fix_shardlow.cpp
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ FixShardlow::FixShardlow(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
   atom->add_callback(0); // grow (aka exchange)
   atom->add_callback(1); // restart
   atom->add_callback(2); // border
-
-  reset_dt();
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */