diff --git a/gen/asmstmt.cpp b/gen/asmstmt.cpp
index 548fc6611f..9e414766b7 100644
--- a/gen/asmstmt.cpp
+++ b/gen/asmstmt.cpp
@@ -594,7 +594,6 @@ void AsmBlockStatement::toIR(IRState* p)
             // setup variable for output from asm
             outSetterStmt->out_c = "=*m,";
             outSetterStmt->out.push_back(jump_target);
-            asmblock->clobs.insert("~{memory},");
 
             asmblock->s.push_back(outSetterStmt);
         }