diff --git a/lib/workers/pr/index.js b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
index a5ebbcbce4211be41aff4c336b9a2ce1349d87be..b35913529023d27d9c15305eaf021953285c009e 100644
--- a/lib/workers/pr/index.js
+++ b/lib/workers/pr/index.js
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ async function ensurePr(upgrades, logger) {
     );
     // Store changelog markdown for backwards compatibility
     if (logJSON) {
-      config.changelog =
-        config.changelog || changelogHelper.getMarkdown(logJSON);
       upgrade.githubName = logJSON.project.github;
       upgrade.releases = [];
       logJSON.versions.forEach(version => {