diff --git a/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/TorPlugin.java b/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/TorPlugin.java
index 03e9bf1f2..576ae7534 100644
--- a/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/TorPlugin.java
+++ b/bramble-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/bramble/plugin/tor/TorPlugin.java
@@ -580,7 +580,6 @@ class TorPlugin implements DuplexPlugin, EventHandler, EventListener {
 		try {
 			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))
 				LOG.info("Connecting to " + scrubOnion(onion));
-			controlConnection.forgetHiddenService(onion);
 			s = torSocketFactory.createSocket(onion + ".onion", 80);
 			s.setSoTimeout(socketTimeout);
 			if (LOG.isLoggable(INFO))