diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index 46c3b56aa873f325067b426858a8e18612ab6be6..19d3dba73b6b99f3d78b47fc2483b38494426ce7 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -18201,36 +18201,6 @@ static int reload_config(enum channelreloadreason reason)
 		ASTOBJ_CONTAINER_MARKALL(&peerl);
 	}
 
-	if (option_debug > 3)
-		ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "--------------- SIP reload started\n");
-
-	clear_realm_authentication(authl);
-	clear_sip_domains();
-	authl = NULL;
-
-	/* First, destroy all outstanding registry calls */
-	/* This is needed, since otherwise active registry entries will not be destroyed */
-	ASTOBJ_CONTAINER_TRAVERSE(&regl, 1, do {
-		ASTOBJ_RDLOCK(iterator);
-		if (iterator->call) {
-			if (option_debug > 2)
-				ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "Destroying active SIP dialog for registry %s@%s\n", iterator->username, iterator->hostname);
-			/* This will also remove references to the registry */
-			sip_destroy(iterator->call);
-		}
-		ASTOBJ_UNLOCK(iterator);
-	
-	} while(0));
-
-	/* Then, actually destroy users and registry */
-	ASTOBJ_CONTAINER_DESTROYALL(&userl, sip_destroy_user);
-	if (option_debug > 3)
-		ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "--------------- Done destroying user list\n");
-	ASTOBJ_CONTAINER_DESTROYALL(&regl, sip_registry_destroy);
-	if (option_debug > 3)
-		ast_log(LOG_DEBUG, "--------------- Done destroying registry list\n");
-	ASTOBJ_CONTAINER_MARKALL(&peerl);
-
 	/* Initialize copy of current global_regcontext for later use in removing stale contexts */
 	ast_copy_string(oldcontexts, global_regcontext, sizeof(oldcontexts));
 	oldregcontext = oldcontexts;