diff --git a/lib/std/heap/general_purpose_allocator.zig b/lib/std/heap/general_purpose_allocator.zig
index 6071a8961ecb19de4b0f8e735475c5584f448e68..2870dcee5ae97996d9516fe0606d85ea524d33b8 100644
--- a/lib/std/heap/general_purpose_allocator.zig
+++ b/lib/std/heap/general_purpose_allocator.zig
@@ -913,8 +913,6 @@ pub fn GeneralPurposeAllocator(comptime config: Config) type {
                 // save the node for destruction/insertion into in empty_buckets
                 var node = entry.node.?;
                 entry.set(null);
-                // restore the node's key since Treap.remove sets it to undefined
-                node.key = bucket;
                 if (self.cur_buckets[bucket_index] == bucket) {
                     self.cur_buckets[bucket_index] = null;
                 }
diff --git a/lib/std/treap.zig b/lib/std/treap.zig
index 98e85928d5c7e6bdddcb80bf708f0cc4740c59ec..383dc1802a6a7a7124194050d3169c090d7e9d21 100644
--- a/lib/std/treap.zig
+++ b/lib/std/treap.zig
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ pub fn Treap(comptime Key: type, comptime compareFn: anytype) type {
             link.* = null;
 
             // clean up after ourselves
-            node.key = undefined;
             node.priority = 0;
             node.parent = null;
             node.children = [_]?*Node{ null, null };