diff --git a/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl b/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl
index 1d9680153e6..8a5c2a24617 100644
--- a/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl
+++ b/src/time_integration/paired_explicit_runge_kutta/methods_PERK2.jl
@@ -296,8 +296,6 @@ function step!(integrator::PairedExplicitRK2Integrator)
     t_end = last(prob.tspan)
     callbacks = integrator.opts.callback
 
-    integrator.finalstep = false
-
     @assert !integrator.finalstep
     if isnan(integrator.dt)
         error("time step size `dt` is NaN")