diff --git a/src/Parser.cpp b/src/Parser.cpp
index b8d263c87..b693e56eb 100644
--- a/src/Parser.cpp
+++ b/src/Parser.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ void Parser::findBinary ()
   if (_tree->_branches.size () >= 1)
   {
     _tree->_branches[0]->unTag ("?");
-    _tree->_branches[0]->removeAllBranches ();
     _tree->_branches[0]->tag ("BINARY");
     std::string binary = _tree->_branches[0]->attribute ("raw");
     std::string::size_type slash = binary.rfind ('/');