diff --git a/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Amd.h b/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Amd.h
index 1c28bdf41..3e42189e0 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Amd.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/OrderingMethods/Amd.h
@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@ void minimum_degree_ordering(SparseMatrix<Scalar,ColMajor,Index>& C, Permutation
     degree[i] = len[i];                 // degree of node i
   }
   mark = internal::cs_wclear<Index>(0, 0, w, n);         /* clear w */
-  elen[n] = -2;                         /* n is a dead element */
-  Cp[n] = -1;                           /* n is a root of assembly tree */
-  w[n] = 0;                             /* n is a dead element */
   
   /* --- Initialize degree lists ------------------------------------------ */
   for(i = 0; i < n; i++)