diff --git a/roofit/xroofit/src/xRooNLLVar.cxx b/roofit/xroofit/src/xRooNLLVar.cxx
index d1bf059351b38..f319fe5acab21 100644
--- a/roofit/xroofit/src/xRooNLLVar.cxx
+++ b/roofit/xroofit/src/xRooNLLVar.cxx
@@ -1775,14 +1775,6 @@ std::shared_ptr<xRooNLLVar::xRooHypoPoint> xRooNLLVar::xRooHypoPoint::asimov(boo
          // dynamic_cast<RooRealVar *>(p)->removeRange("physical"); -- can't use this as will modify shared property
          if (auto v = dynamic_cast<RooRealVar *>(p)) {
             v->deleteSharedProperties(); // effectively removes all custom ranges
-            if (v->getVal() == 0) {
-               // for discovery tests, we generate asimov at mu!=0 and then evaluate the two sided
-               // at some value of mu. Normally we would use mu=0 but if we have a bin
-               // with only signal contribution (no bkg) will get asimov data in that bin
-               // and no prediction ... the cfit(mu=0) will never succeed on this
-               // so lets move to half the alt value instead (the value used to generate)
-               v->setVal(theFit->constPars().getRealValue(v->GetName()) * 0.5);
-            }
          }
       }