diff --git a/scripts/scripts.js b/scripts/scripts.js
index 02598523b..4fb133c60 100644
--- a/scripts/scripts.js
+++ b/scripts/scripts.js
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ async function loadLazy(doc) {
 
   loadCSS(`${window.hlx.codeBasePath}/styles/lazy-styles.css`);
   loadFonts();
-  window.LAZY_PHASE = false;
 }
 
 /**