diff --git a/src/field/DistributedField.cpp b/src/field/DistributedField.cpp
index 43be487eaf4a22797d2757f4d9302f3bcc23bb6c..2eb401be877724d66564476c50833258f1de8568 100644
--- a/src/field/DistributedField.cpp
+++ b/src/field/DistributedField.cpp
@@ -663,7 +663,6 @@ namespace gmshfem::field
 
     _sharedDofs.clear();
     _subdomainInterfaceDofs.clear();
-    _ownedDofs.clear();
     _toSend.clear();
     _toRead.clear();