diff --git a/src/render/SDL_render.c b/src/render/SDL_render.c
index 383515a33..ed705272d 100644
--- a/src/render/SDL_render.c
+++ b/src/render/SDL_render.c
@@ -4603,7 +4603,6 @@ void SDL_DestroyRendererWithoutFreeing(SDL_Renderer *renderer)
 
     if (renderer->window) {
         SDL_ClearProperty(SDL_GetWindowProperties(renderer->window), SDL_PROP_WINDOW_RENDERER_POINTER);
-        renderer->window = NULL;
     }
 
     /* Free the target mutex */