diff --git a/py/runtime.c b/py/runtime.c
index ba80480ae0b4d01462cb7a912914f9e9b51146fd..27c0da3b896a5d7b884f745eaf73bb0da472eee5 100644
--- a/py/runtime.c
+++ b/py/runtime.c
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ void rt_init(void) {
 
     mp_obj_t m_array = mp_obj_new_module(MP_QSTR_array);
     rt_store_attr(m_array, MP_QSTR_array, (mp_obj_t)&array_type);
-    rt_store_name(MP_QSTR_array, m_array);
 
     // built-in user functions
     mp_map_add_qstr(&map_builtins, MP_QSTR_abs, (mp_obj_t)&mp_builtin_abs_obj);