diff --git a/src/image/ImagePool.cc b/src/image/ImagePool.cc
index 2f9a7ce1d8..3fb3118a4d 100644
--- a/src/image/ImagePool.cc
+++ b/src/image/ImagePool.cc
@@ -120,8 +120,6 @@ int ImagePool::allocate (
         // Generate path to store the image
         tmp_hashstream << uid << ":" << name;
 
-        tmp_hashstream.str(sha1_digest(tmp_hashstream.str()));
-
         tmp_sourcestream << source_prefix << "/";
         tmp_sourcestream << sha1_digest(tmp_hashstream.str());