diff --git a/src/V3LinkParse.cpp b/src/V3LinkParse.cpp
index 5b65d408eb3..e00e1f9ca7a 100644
--- a/src/V3LinkParse.cpp
+++ b/src/V3LinkParse.cpp
@@ -292,15 +292,6 @@ class LinkParseVisitor final : public VNVisitor {
             nodep->v3warn(STATICVAR, "Static variable with assignment declaration declared in a "
                                      "loop converted to automatic");
         }
-        if (m_ftaskp) {
-            bool classMethod = m_ftaskp->classMethod();
-            if (!classMethod) {
-                AstClassOrPackageRef* const pkgrefp
-                    = VN_CAST(m_ftaskp->classOrPackagep(), ClassOrPackageRef);
-                if (pkgrefp && VN_IS(pkgrefp->classOrPackagep(), Class)) classMethod = true;
-            }
-            if (nodep->lifetime().isNone()) nodep->lifetime(m_ftaskp->lifetime());
-        }
         if (nodep->lifetime().isNone() && nodep->varType() != VVarType::PORT) {
             nodep->lifetime(m_lifetime);
         }