diff --git a/PyCore/Embed/PyInterpreter.cpp b/PyCore/Embed/PyInterpreter.cpp
index a8a977fc45405683a469e08ad43ac1fd296a4eaf..5442d66efb62945252c871a821f5104fedd513ae 100644
--- a/PyCore/Embed/PyInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/PyCore/Embed/PyInterpreter.cpp
@@ -655,9 +655,6 @@ std::vector<std::string> PyInterpreter::BornAgain::listOfFunctions(const std::st
                 fn_names.push_back(func_name);
         }
     }
-
-    Py_DecRef(pDict);
-
     return fn_names;
 }