diff --git a/bundle/bookmarks.vim/autoload/bookmarks.vim b/bundle/bookmarks.vim/autoload/bookmarks.vim
index c5766fe5d..1e5d0ddf1 100644
--- a/bundle/bookmarks.vim/autoload/bookmarks.vim
+++ b/bundle/bookmarks.vim/autoload/bookmarks.vim
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ function! bookmarks#clear() abort
     for lnum in keys(s:bookmarks[file])
       call bookmarks#delete(file, lnum)
     endfor
-    unlet s:bookmarks[file]
   endif
   call bookmarks#cache#write(s:bookmarks)
 endfunction