diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index 031a19149..a0a2a593a 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -1833,12 +1833,11 @@ bool MySQL_HostGroups_Manager::commit(
 	proxy_debug(PROXY_DEBUG_MYSQL_CONNPOOL, 4, "DELETE FROM mysql_servers_incoming\n");
 	mydb->execute("DELETE FROM mysql_servers_incoming");
 
-	// replication
-	if (incoming_replication_hostgroups) { // this IF is extremely important, otherwise replication hostgroups may disappear
-		proxy_debug(PROXY_DEBUG_MYSQL_CONNPOOL, 4, "DELETE FROM mysql_replication_hostgroups\n");
-		mydb->execute("DELETE FROM mysql_replication_hostgroups");
-		generate_mysql_replication_hostgroups_table();
-	}
+	proxy_debug(PROXY_DEBUG_MYSQL_CONNPOOL, 4, "DELETE FROM mysql_replication_hostgroups\n");
+	mydb->execute("DELETE FROM mysql_replication_hostgroups");
+
+	generate_mysql_replication_hostgroups_table();
+
 
 	// group replication
 	if (incoming_group_replication_hostgroups) {