diff --git a/src/detect-http-uri.c b/src/detect-http-uri.c
index 9c9529d22a..135c2f1d52 100644
--- a/src/detect-http-uri.c
+++ b/src/detect-http-uri.c
@@ -159,8 +159,6 @@ static int DetectHttpUriSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, char *str)
 
     s->alproto = ALPROTO_HTTP;
 
-    SigMatchAppendUricontent(s,nm);
-
     return 0;
 error:
     if (duc != NULL) {