diff --git a/sstables/kl/writer.cc b/sstables/kl/writer.cc
index 2db0155686..6ea63da6c8 100644
--- a/sstables/kl/writer.cc
+++ b/sstables/kl/writer.cc
@@ -613,7 +613,6 @@ stop_iteration sstable_writer_k_l::consume_end_of_partition() {
     _c_stats.partition_size = _writer->offset() - _c_stats.start_offset;
 
     _sst.get_large_data_handler().maybe_record_large_partitions(_sst, *_partition_key, _c_stats.partition_size).get();
-    _sst.get_large_data_handler().maybe_log_too_many_rows(_sst, *_partition_key, _c_stats.rows_count);
 
     // update is about merging column_stats with the data being stored by collector.
     _collector.update(std::move(_c_stats));