diff --git a/src/jni/bindings_scalar_function.cpp b/src/jni/bindings_scalar_function.cpp
index bfd840c17..a7ade04f3 100644
--- a/src/jni/bindings_scalar_function.cpp
+++ b/src/jni/bindings_scalar_function.cpp
@@ -182,10 +182,6 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_org_duckdb_DuckDBBindings_duckdb_1register_1scalar_1
 		return static_cast<jint>(DuckDBError);
 	}
 
-	// TODO: use C API V2 for this
-	duckdb::ScalarFunction &sf = *reinterpret_cast<duckdb::ScalarFunction *>(function);
-	sf.SetFallible();
-
 	return static_cast<jint>(duckdb_register_scalar_function(conn, function));
 }