diff --git a/src/box/alter.cc b/src/box/alter.cc
index 6fa2cd4c5749fe67c9d0fa6ebb9bdc57294603bb..bef25b6056ad3ef7a1e19abde2f847313c6923ec 100644
--- a/src/box/alter.cc
+++ b/src/box/alter.cc
@@ -816,7 +816,6 @@ txn_alter_trigger_new(trigger_f run, void *data)
 	trigger = (struct trigger *)memset(trigger, 0, size);
 	trigger->run = run;
 	trigger->data = data;
-	trigger->destroy = NULL;
 	return trigger;
 }