diff --git a/main/output.c b/main/output.c
index 1ca6c1b4d8f..f7f216fa108 100644
--- a/main/output.c
+++ b/main/output.c
@@ -675,11 +675,7 @@ static inline void php_ob_append(const char *text, uint text_length TSRMLS_DC)
  	/* If implicit_flush is On or chunked buffering, send contents to next buffer and return. */
 	if (OG(active_ob_buffer).chunk_size
 		&& OG(active_ob_buffer).text_length >= OG(active_ob_buffer).chunk_size) {
-		zval *output_handler = OG(active_ob_buffer).output_handler;
 		
-		if (output_handler) {
-			output_handler->refcount++;
-		}
 		php_end_ob_buffer(1, 1 TSRMLS_CC);
 		return;
 	}