diff --git a/src/ModelEquationBlock.cc b/src/ModelEquationBlock.cc
index 923a7b27285a73dc538058e539427340756ee36c..cd2e70315098e4114cbabf667d7be9e07e5fa2d0 100644
--- a/src/ModelEquationBlock.cc
+++ b/src/ModelEquationBlock.cc
@@ -237,9 +237,6 @@ SteadyStateModel::writeSteadyStateFile(const string &basename, bool ramsey_model
     output << "    # Auxiliary equations" << endl;
   static_model.writeAuxVarRecursiveDefinitions(output, output_type);
 
-  if (!julia)
-    output << "    check_=0;" << endl;
-
   output << "end" << endl;
   if (julia)
     output << "end" << endl;