diff --git a/extra/core-foundation/fsevents/fsevents.factor b/extra/core-foundation/fsevents/fsevents.factor
index 24211a59c7..8f687a896f 100644
--- a/extra/core-foundation/fsevents/fsevents.factor
+++ b/extra/core-foundation/fsevents/fsevents.factor
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ SYMBOL: event-stream-callbacks
 [
     event-stream-callbacks global
     [ [ drop expired? not ] assoc-subset H{ } assoc-like ] change-at
-    1 \ event-stream-counter set-global
 ] "core-foundation" add-init-hook
 
 : add-event-source-callback ( quot -- id )