diff --git a/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl b/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl
index 69da0f6a5..277a6cbb2 100644
--- a/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl
+++ b/src/ejabberd_c2s.erl
@@ -1192,12 +1192,6 @@ handle_event({del_rosteritem, IJID}, StateName, StateData) ->
     NewStateData = roster_change(IJID, none, StateData),
     fsm_next_state(StateName, NewStateData);
 
-handle_event({xmlstreamcdata, _}, StateName, StateData) ->
-    ?DEBUG("cdata ping", []),
-    NSD1 = change_reception(StateData, true),
-    NSD2 = start_keepalive_timer(NSD1),
-    fsm_next_state(StateName, NSD2);
-
 handle_event(_Event, StateName, StateData) ->
     fsm_next_state(StateName, StateData).