diff --git a/src/pyodide.js b/src/pyodide.js
index 895fdd133..77d1fa919 100644
--- a/src/pyodide.js
+++ b/src/pyodide.js
@@ -187,10 +187,6 @@ var languagePluginLoader = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                                '_importlib.invalidate_caches()\n');
     });
 
-    if (window.iodide !== undefined) {
-      window.iodide.evalQueue.await([ promise ]);
-    }
-
     return promise;
   };