diff --git a/components/esm/loadinfo.cpp b/components/esm/loadinfo.cpp
index 3394ddbad..3b5e0ea3a 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadinfo.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadinfo.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ void DialInfo::load(ESMReader &esm)
     // If the info is deleted, NAME and DELE sub-records are followed after NNAM
     if (esm.isNextSub("NAME"))
     {
-        esm.getSubName();
         mResponse = esm.getHString();
         mIsDeleted = readDeleSubRecord(esm);
         return;
diff --git a/components/esm/util.cpp b/components/esm/util.cpp
index 892113cda..ff2436544 100644
--- a/components/esm/util.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/util.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ namespace ESM
     {
         if (esm.isNextSub("DELE"))
         {
-            esm.getSubName();
             esm.skipHSub();
             return true;
         }