diff --git a/deegree-tools/deegree-tools-gml/src/main/java/org/deegree/tools/featurestoresql/loader/GmlLoaderConfiguration.java b/deegree-tools/deegree-tools-gml/src/main/java/org/deegree/tools/featurestoresql/loader/GmlLoaderConfiguration.java
index f070b6fd75..00cedaee8a 100644
--- a/deegree-tools/deegree-tools-gml/src/main/java/org/deegree/tools/featurestoresql/loader/GmlLoaderConfiguration.java
+++ b/deegree-tools/deegree-tools-gml/src/main/java/org/deegree/tools/featurestoresql/loader/GmlLoaderConfiguration.java
@@ -194,7 +194,6 @@ public Step step( TransactionHandler transactionHandler, AbstractItemStreamItemR
         } else {
             builder.processor( featureReferencesParser );
         }
-        builder.reader( gmlReader ).processor( featureReferencesParser );
 
         if ( dryRun ) {
             return builder.build();