diff --git a/vendor/built_in_modules/calendar_new/app/controllers/panel/calendar_new/back_end/event_categories_controller.rb b/vendor/built_in_modules/calendar_new/app/controllers/panel/calendar_new/back_end/event_categories_controller.rb
index 347bf8d0..97d4636b 100644
--- a/vendor/built_in_modules/calendar_new/app/controllers/panel/calendar_new/back_end/event_categories_controller.rb
+++ b/vendor/built_in_modules/calendar_new/app/controllers/panel/calendar_new/back_end/event_categories_controller.rb
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ class Panel::CalendarNew::BackEnd::EventCategoriesController < OrbitBackendContr
   # GET /events/new.json
   def new
     @event_category = EventCategory.new
-    @categories = get_categories_for_index
-
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html # new.html.erb
       format.json { render json: @event_category }