diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_vashishta_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/pair_vashishta_kokkos.cpp
index f81af0b149659994e68ccf93a25ddd6beb57b314..abdcfac89ee45858c85d2ee9247d7f03999d336e 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_vashishta_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_vashishta_kokkos.cpp
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ void PairVashishtaKokkos<DeviceType>::compute(int eflag_in, int vflag_in)
   d_numneigh = k_list->d_numneigh;
   d_neighbors = k_list->d_neighbors;
 
-  k_list->clean_copy();
   copymode = 1;
 
   EV_FLOAT ev;