diff --git a/src/VariableNetworkNode.cc b/src/VariableNetworkNode.cc
index 29839cd00e53fe04f769af7379951ff5734d0da8..6694c120cab1f108ed96eb1485a1d7ef84df065a 100644
--- a/src/VariableNetworkNode.cc
+++ b/src/VariableNetworkNode.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ namespace ChimeraTK {
     pdata->nElements = nElements;
     pdata->description = description;
     pdata->tags = tags;
-    owner->registerAccessor(*this);
   }
 
   /*********************************************************************************************************************/